Silves / Silbes

INFORMATION

FontID: 02674SIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Santa Eulalia
Church Patron Saints: St. Eulalia of Mérida
Church Location: 22348 Silves, Huesca, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Huesca, Aragón
Directions to Site: Located in the lower "barrio" of Silves, Silves de Abajo, in the municipality of Boltaña.
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted, near the corner
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
A plain, large and crudely carved baptismal font which appears to be partly embeded in the wall of this tiny church (8.5 m x 4 m). Totally plain. Equally crude wooden cover of later manufacture (description based on ill. in Iglesias Costa, 1985 )

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.453333, -0.030556
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 27′ 12″ N, 0° 1′ 50″ W
UTM: 31T 255667 4704384

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood

REFERENCES

Iglesias Costa, Manuel, Arquitectura románica, siglos X-XI, XII, XIII, Barcelona: Akribos, 1985