San Martin de Elines No. 3 / San Martín de Elines
Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 17 February 2021)
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design element - motifs - flat moulding
Scene Description: a very thin moulding seen here between the teeth of the upper band of saw-tooh pattern and the upper rope moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 3 August 2012 by Andrés Serna López, of El Correo de las Matas [http://elcorreodelasmatas.blogspot.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 17 February 2021)
design element - motifs - rope moulding - parallel - 3
Scene Description: the thread in the rope mouldings goes in different directions
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 3 August 2012 by Andrés Serna López, of El Correo de las Matas [http://elcorreodelasmatas.blogspot.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 17 February 2021)
design element - patterns - sawtooth - parallel - 2
Scene Description: in this case the teeth of the top band point up, while those on the bottom band point down; the direction of the teeth varies on the works of this font workshop
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 3 August 2012 by Andrés Serna López, of El Correo de las Matas [http://elcorreodelasmatas.blogspot.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 17 February 2021)
view of font in context
Scene Description: the font from Santa Maria de Hito as displayed in the cloister of San Martin de Elines in July 2009
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Ortega, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 July 2009 by Andrés Ortega
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author
view of font in context
Scene Description: the font from Santa Maria de Hito as displayed in the cloister of San Martin de Elines in June 2008
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 June 2008 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 January 2021)
view of font in context
Scene Description: the font from Santa Maria de Hito as displayed in the cloister of San Martin de Elines in May 2013
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2013 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 January 2021)
view of font in context
Scene Description: the font from Santa Maria de Hito as displayed in the cloister of San Martin de Elines in May 2013
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2013 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 January 2021)
view of font in context
Scene Description: the font from Santa Maria de Hito as displayed in the cloister of San Martin de Elines in August 2012 -- notice the damage to the upper rim
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 3 August 2012 by Andrés Serna López, of El Correo de las Matas [http://elcorreodelasmatas.blogspot.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 17 February 2021)
INFORMATION
FontID: 02386MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santiago Apóstol de Santa Maria de Hito
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Church Location: [NB: address and coordinates given for Santa Maria de Hito] Santa María de Hito 39232, Cantabria, España
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cantabria, Cantabria
Directions to Site: Santa Maria de Hito is located off (N) the CA-275, E of the CA-274, 12 km NE of Polientes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Santander
Historical Region: Santander province
Font Location in Church: In the cloister of church at San Martin de Elines
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Late Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Andres Ortega [www.romanicoennavarra.com], Andrés Serna López [http://elcorreodelasmatas.blogspot.com] and to Mikel Unanue for their photographs of this font
Church Notes: church originally(?) 14th-15thC; modified 17thC -- 7thC necropolis excavated by the church
Font Notes:
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Font originally from Santa Maria de Hito, now [1999+ ] standing, among other fonts 'recovered' from abandoned villages of the area, in the cloister at San Martin de Elines. On-site notes: the font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a pair of bands of saw-tooth pattern between three rope mouldings, a design popular in the Valderredible medieval fonts; raised on a short cylindrical pedestal base, all plain. No cover present.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 428477 4743882
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 12-16 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 61-62 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 86-87 cm*
Basin Depth: 35 cm*
Basin Total Height: 45 cm*
Height of Base: 50 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 95 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site
LID INFORMATION
Apparatus: no
REFERENCES
García Guinea, Miguel Angel, "Las pilas bautismales románicas de Valderrible", 11 (marzo 1998), Cuadernos de Campoo [electronic version], 1998