Boente
Image copyright © Andy Eccles, 2023
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 11 July 2023)
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view of font
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Image Source: digital photograph May 2023 by Andy Eccles
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: notice the off-centre drain hole, and the damage to the back rim, probably caused by a metal anchoring for the cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andy Eccles, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph May 2023 by Andy Eccles
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 11 July 2023)
view of basin and cover - upper view
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Image Source: digital photograph May 2023 by Andy Eccles
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view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andy Eccles, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph May 2023 by Andy Eccles
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 11 July 2023)
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andy Eccles, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph May 2023 by Andy Eccles
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 11 July 2023)
view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andy Eccles, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph May 2023 by Andy Eccles
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 11 July 2023)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24762BOE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Igrexa parroquial de Santiago Apostol
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Church Notes: 12thC church with many later modifications
Church Address: Boente, 15826 Arzúa, La Coruña, Spain
Site Location: Coruña, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N547, roughly equidistant between Arzúa (W) and Melide (E), about 40 km E of Santiago de Compostela
Font Notes:
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Baptismal of granite consisting of a quadrangular basin raised on a round pedesstal base and a square lower base; all parts are plain. Wooden cover is flat and plain, also square. The wall-mounted holy-water stoup is of a later date.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Andy Eccles for his photographs of this church, font and stoup
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 575247 4752066
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.9175, -8.078056
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 55′ 3″ N, 8° 4′ 41″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage System: off-centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]