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BBU01: design element - motifs - rectangle
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Image Source: digital photograph taken June 3, 2005 by BSI
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R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
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view of font
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 January 2010 by Mikel Unanue
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view of font in context
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view of font
Scene Description: notice the damage and the cover staple hole
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view of font
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view of basin - upper view
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: with the modern sacristy addition
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 January 2010 by Mikel Unanue
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 January 2010 by Mikel Unanue
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view of church exterior - northwest view
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 January 2010 by Mikel Unanue
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view of church interior - nave - capital
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 January 2010 by Mikel Unanue
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view of church interior - nave - looking northeast
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 January 2010 by Mikel Unanue
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © García de Castro Valdés, 1995
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in García de Castro (1995: 244)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05033PRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2005-06-03
Font Date: ca. 921?
Font Century and Period/Style: 9th - 11th century, Pre-Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Same type as the font from the church of San Pedro de Villanueva; another of the same type nearby: Gramedo/Grameu en Cabranes (somewhat related to those at Lillo and Puelles).
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Salvador
Font Location in Church: In the N porch, W side
Church Patron Saint(s): Our Saviour
Church Address: Aldea la Quintana, 7, 33316 Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain -- Tel.: +34 605 36 58 00
Site Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the CL-1, 9 km E of Villaviciosa
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Oviedo
Historical Region: Oviedo
Additional Comments: damaged font: typical damage caused by the metal cover staples
Font Notes:
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Miguel Vigil (1987 c1887) mentions the baptistery as part of the church but not the font itself. It is described and illustrated in García de Castro (1995): vat/barrel-shaped sandstone baptismal font dated to the year of the consecration of the church, 921 AD [NB: the author argues that the 'opus signinum' on wich the base of the font is located has not been altered since the original date of the church]; the basin is ornamented with a large roll moulding at the upper rim; there are three wide (8-10 cm) cuts or notches in this surface and the south side has a quadrangular protrusion or 'mensula' just below the moulding; it is mounted on a short (20 cm) circular base slightly wider than the bottom of the basin. Described in Alvarez Martínez (1999) as one in a group of barrel-shaped fonts dated to the 9th-11th century of the same design type as the later font originally from the church of San Pedro in Villanueva [Mazariegos?] now kept at the Museo Arqueológico Nacional in Madrid. [NB: besides the obvious cognates from nearby churchs, those from San Pedro de Villanueva and Gramedo, this type of vat- or barrel-shaped object appears also in some of the French baptisteries of the southeast, usually in addition to the main sunken font; other vat- or barrel-shaped baptismal font, especially those with carved staves and rings simulating the actual morphology of the barrel are not uncommon in the Romanesque period; of special note is the magnificent vat-shaped marble font at Perpignan [cf. Index entry]]. On-site notes: the vat-shaped font is still in the same location; the notches at opposite ends are actually the damage resulting from the forceful removal of the old cover staples; the protrusion at the front -upper basin side- appears to be simply decorative, perhaps painted with a particular colour or motif in the past.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his added photographs of church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 309263 4817393
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.485139, -5.358694
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 29′ 6.5″ N, 5° 21′ 31.3″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: barrel-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: diameter of the drain hole: 6 cm
Rim Thickness: 9 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 70 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 88 cm
Basin Depth: 48 cm
Basin Total Height: 67 cm
Height of Base: 20 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 87 cm
Notes on Measurements: García de Castro (1995: 244)
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes regarding notches on the uper rim]
REFERENCES
- Alvarez Martínez, María Soledad, El románico en Asturias, Gijón: Ediciones Trea, 1999, p. 265
- García de Castro Valdés, César, Arqueología cristiana de la alta Edad Media en Asturias, Oviedo: Real Instituto de Estudios Asturianos, 1995, p. 243, 244, 245, 246 and pl. 261
- Miguel Vigil, Ciriaco, Asturias monumental, epigráfica y diiplomática: datos para la historia de la provincia, Oviedo: Principado de Asturias, Consejería de Educación, Cultura y Deportes, Servicio de Publicaciones, 1987, p. 600
- 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; p. 273