Lema in Carballo / San Cristobal de Lema / San Cristóbal de Lema / San Cristovo de Lema
Image copyright © Augusto Guedes, 2020
Image and permission received form the author (e-mail of 30 October 2020)
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view of font or stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Augusto Guedes, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 October 2020 by Augusto Guedes
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received form the author (e-mail of 30 October 2020)
design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: the only decoration on the font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Augusto Guedes, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 October 2020 by Augusto Guedes
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received form the author (e-mail of 30 October 2020)
view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Patrimonio Galego, 2020
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph in Patrimonio Gakego [http://patrimoniogalego.net/index.php/103510/2019/11/igrexa-de-san-cristovo-de-lema/] [accessed 1 November 2020]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
view of church interior - sculpture - fragment
Scene Description: it appears to be part of a Crucifixion reused as decoration near the stairs to the gallery, behind the font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Augusto Guedes, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 October 2020 by Augusto Guedes
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received form the author (e-mail of 30 October 2020)
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Augusto Guedes, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 October 2020 by Augusto Guedes
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received form the author (e-mail of 30 October 2020)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 22984LEM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Cristóbal de Lema / Igrexa Parroquial de San Cristovo de Lema
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the gallery stairs
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Christopher
Church Notes: present church is Baroque, but said to be a re-building of a 12thC church, of which only a part of the east end survived
Church Address: La Iglesia 15105 Lema, Coruña, Spain -- Tel.: 981702077
Site Location: Coruña, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located N of the AG-55, in the municipality and about 10 km NNE of Carballo, 25-30 km WSW of La Coruña capital
Historical Region: Comarca de Bergantiños
Additional Comments: "San Cristóbal de Lema / San Cristovo de Lema" designates the civil parish as well as the church itself
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font [or, is et a stoup?] of irregular shape and made of granite; it appears to consist of two blocks: a round basin tapering on the underbowl, plain except for a torus-scotia around the upper side, raised on squat irregular pedestal vase. No cover present. [NB: the location at the foot of the stairs is similar to other fonts or stoups in Galegan churches, like the one at San Martiño de Riobó, in Cabana de Bergantiños, Coruña].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Augusto Guedes for his photographs of this object
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 526984 4792339
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.2833524714, -8.66769219965
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining