Melide No. 1
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: the stoup
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Image Source: digital photograph 24 May 2023 by Andy Eccles
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view of church exterior
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view of font in context
Scene Description: in the sacristy
view of stoup in context
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Image Source: digital photograph 24 May 2023 by Andy Eccles
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view of stoup
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Image Source: digital photograph 24 May 2023 by Andy Eccles
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information
Scene Description: plaque outside the church
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Image Source: digital photograph 24 May 2023 by Andy Eccles
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dentro de la sacristía podemos ver una interesante PILA BAUTISMAL"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alberto García Roldán, [2023]
Image Source: digital photograph by Alberto García Roldán in Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo [https://galiciapuebloapueblo.blogspot.com/2019/03/antiguo-convento-de-sancti-spiritus.html] [accessed 111 July 2023]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 24758MEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Igrexa Parroquial [Antigo Convento Franciscano de Sancri Spiritus]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the sacristy
Church Notes: [cf. Arteguias [https://www.arteguias.com/iglesia/santamariamelide.htm] [accessed 11 July 2023] for a good description of this church]]
Church Address: 15800 Melide, La Coruña, Spain
Site Location: Coruña, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N547, about 45 km E of Santiago de Compostela
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Lugo
Historical Region: Terra de Melide
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of granite consisting of a plain round tapering basin on a short square base, also plain; hard to date. No cover present. The church also has a holy-water stoup by the entranceway, a moulded hemispherical basin on a square base; it could be of 17th or 18th century.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Iván Lopez Berdote for his photograph of this font, and to Mikel Unanue for his help in documenting it. We are also grateful to Andy Eccles for his photographs of this church and stoup;
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 580258 4752030
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 54' 49.3" N, 8° 0' 46.3" W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining