San Salvador de Cantamuda No. 2
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view of church exterior
view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fernando Cañada, 2004
Image Source: photograph by Fernando Cañada for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Photographs and Permission received (letter of 28/7/2001)
view of stoup in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fernando Cañada, 2004
Image Source: photograph by Fernando Cañada for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Photographs and Permission received (letter of 28/7/2001)
INFORMATION
FontID: 04960CAN
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial
Country Name: Spain
Location: Palencia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located at the foot of the Sierra de Peña Labra, about 30 kms east of Reinosa
Font Location in Church: At the end of the nave, by the choir stairs
Century and Period: 12th - 14th century, Romanesque
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Goblet-shaped holy-water stoup; the plain basin is shaped like an inverted bucket and is raised on an equally plain cylindrical shaft; the lower base is circular, plain and it has a textured syrface which may or may not be an attempt at ornamentation. [cf. Index entry for San Salvador de Cantamuda No. 1 for a monolithic font in the same church] [NB: our gratitude to Fernando Cañada for the images of this stoup]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round