Santa Colomba de las Carabias
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Scene Description: Source caption: "pila bautismal, de una sola pieza, elaborada tal vez por canteros del Valle de Vidriales, y con piedra procedente de alguna de las antiguas canteras existentes antiguamente en la sierra de Carpurias"
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Image Source: digital photograph by Emiliano Pérez Mencía, in InterBenavente [https://interbenavente.es/art/8826/iglesia-de-santa-colomba-de-las-carabias-bien-de-interes-cultural] [accessed 23 October 2022]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 24389COL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 17th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Address: c./ Iglesia no. 2, 49691 Santa Colomba de las Carabias, Zamora, Spain
Site Location: Zamora, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the N-630, in the municipality and 6-7 km NNE of San Cristóbal de Entreviñas, about 15 km NNE of Benavente
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Zamora
Historical Region: Comarca Benavente y Los Valles / Tierras del Conde de Benavente, Merindad de Villamandos, Receptoría de Benavente
Additional Comments: there is a 10thC(?) capital with a sun-dial carved on its top; source unknown, but discovered near the site of the church -- the early-16thC(?) mudéjar carpentry of this church is of great quality
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated by Emiliano Pérez Mencía in InterBenavente [https://interbenavente.es/art/8826/iglesia-de-santa-colomba-de-las-carabias-bien-de-interes-cultural] [accessed 23 October 2022] as a monolithic baptismal font made by local stonemasons from nearby quarried stone: "una pila bautismal, de una sola pieza, elaborada tal vez por canteros del Valle de Vidriales, y con piedra procedente de alguna de las antiguas canteras existentes antiguamente en la sierra de Carpurias." The font is of classical design: roughly hemispherical basin on a conical pedestal base and round-to-square lower base. all of it decorated with just a few mouldings; probably 15-17th century. No cover present but the upper rim of the basin has two metal staples to anchor one.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Novella for bringing thsi font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 284339 4661039
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining