Silves / Silbes

INFORMATION

Font ID: 02674SIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Santa Eulalia
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted, near the corner
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Eulalia of Mérida
Church Address: 22348 Silves, Huesca, Spain
Site Location: Huesca, Aragón, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the lower "barrio" of Silves, Silves de Abajo, in the municipality of Boltaña.
Font Notes:
A plarge plain 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

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

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, vol.I/3, p. 85-86