Sangonedo / Sangoñedo / Sangoneu / Sangoñeu

Image copyright © Macu Fernández, 2010
received via Mikel Unanue; standing permission
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view of basin - interior
view of church exterior - detail
Scene Description: foundation stone buried under the north facade of the church, and inscrbed with the Era date of MXXX, i.e., 1262 A.D. (measurements: 60 x 40 cms.)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Macu Fernández, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 August 2010 by Macu Fernández
Copyright Instructions: received via Mikel Unanue; standing permission
view of church interior - west gallery
view of font
INFORMATION
FontID: 05026SAN
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan
Church Patron Saints: St. John
Country Name: Spain
Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias
Directions to Site: Located near, and in the concejo of, Tineo, about 35 kms ENE of Cangas de Narcea up the local road #15
Historical Region: Oviedo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, NW corner
Century and Period: 11th century (late), Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Macu Fernández for her photographs of this church and font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in García de Castro (1995) as a baptismal font of the late 11th century made of quartzite; the monolithic font shows two volumes: the upper is a cauldron-shaped basin very similar to the one at the church of San Miguel in nearby Bárcena [cf. Index entry]; the irregularity of the upper basin shape at Sangoñedo [it is slightly oval] is probably due to the crudeness of the work rather than any will to achieve an oval shape; the lower volume is a plain cylindrical base; both volumes are totally plain. Described in Alvarez Martínez (1999) as a 11th-century monolithic baptismal font resting directly on the ground and devoid of any ornamentation. Múñiz López & García Alvarez-Busto (2007) suggest it belongs to a group of fonts established by García de Castro (1995) that includes cognate fonts at San Miguel de Conforcos (Aller), San Miguel de Barcena (Tineo) and San Juan de Sangoñéu (Tineo) and the one at Castrillón.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, quartzite
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 6-7 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 68-71 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 82-83 cm*
Basin Depth: 20 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 88 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [García de Castro (1995)]
REFERENCES
Alvarez Martínez, María Soledad, El románico en Asturias, Gijón: Ediciones Trea, 1999
García de Castro Valdés, César, Arqueología cristiana de la alta Edad Media en Asturias, Oviedo: Real Instituto de Estudios Asturianos, 1995
Múñiz López, Iván, "La pila bautismal de tradición prerrománica de Castrillón (Asturias): el control señorial del bautismo", 2 (2007), Territorio, sociedad y poder, 2007, pp. 265-274; r["References"]