Liebana No. 1 / Liébana

Image copyright © Josu Fernandez Villaverde, 2020

Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 5 November 2020)

Results: 5 records

view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fachada meridional (1256). La fábrica gótica presenta dos puertas, que sobresalen del muro. Su hechura románica ocasiona el debate de los especialistas, por manifestar algunos la procedencia del anterior monasterio románico."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Luis Filpo Cabana, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken in January 2012 by José Luis Filpo Cabana [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monasterio_de_Santo_Toribio_de_Liébana._Santuario._Iglesia.jpg] [accessed 5 November 2020]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Josu Fernandez Villaverde, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 Marcg 2015 by Josu Fernandez Villaverde

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 5 November 2020)

view of church interior - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rubén Ojeda [Rodelar], 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken in July 2010 by Rubén Ojeda [Rodelar] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santo_Toribio,_nave_central.jpg] [accessed 5 November 2020]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0-ES

view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Montserrat Estela in 2006

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Josu Fernandez Villaverde, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 Marcg 2015 by Josu Fernandez Villaverde

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 5 November 2020)

INFORMATION

FontID: 02460LIE
Church/Chapel: Monasterio de Santo Toribio (formerly San Martin de Turieno) [the font was originally in Santa Maria]
Church Patron Saints: St. Toribio [originally dedicated to St. Martin of Tours]
Church Location: 39570 Santo Toribio, Cantabria, Spain -- Tel.: +34 942 73 05 50
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cantabria, Cantabria
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the CA-885, in the municipality of Camaleño, 3-4 km W of Potes and the N-621
Historical Region: Comarca de Liébana / Santander province
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Josu Fernandez Valverde and Montserrat Estela, for their photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: The Monasterio de Santo Toribio de Lieban had been named "San Martin de Turieno" [Martinus Turonensis = Martin of Tours] until the relics of the Gallegan St. Toribio were moved to Liebana and the cult of the latter increased greatly; by the 12th century the monastery was already known by the new name of Monasterio de Santo Toribio. (a/p Gonzalez Echegaray, 1995)
A plain hemispherical basin that appears to be made of course granite rests on a thick circular pedestal; the lower base has a square plinth with a round underbase below it. The font is apparently one of the few objects that survive from the old church of Santa María and is said to date from the 16th or 17th century.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.15, -4.654
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 9′ 0″ N, 4° 39′ 14.4″ W
UTM: 30T 365512 4778800

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted) -- chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

González Echegaray, J., Comentarios al Apocalipsisde Beato de Liébana, Barcelona: Moleiro, 1995