Cumbraos No. 2 / San Martin de Cumbraos / San Martiño de Cumbraos

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R01: design element - motifs - rope moulding

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02243CUM
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Martín de Cumbraos
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: Lugar Cumbraos, 19, 27215 Monterroso, Lugo, Spain
Site Location: Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Cumbraos is located about 40 kms ENE of Santiago de Compostela up the N-634
Font Notes:
A fairly large cauldron-like basin has ornamental trimming at the rim, elsewhere plain; the base is plain as well. Illustrated in Yzquierdo Perrin (1983) [cf. Index entry for Cumbraos No. 1 for a similar font standing right next to it in this church]

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42º 48' 47.9" N, 7º 50' 06.0" W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Yzquierdo Perrín, Ramón, Arquitectura románica en Lugo, [Pontevedra?]: Fundación "Pedro Barrié de la Maza", 1983, p. 294