Limes / Limés
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BU01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches
Scene Description: a/p description in Alvarez Martínez (1999: 265)
INFORMATION
FontID: 05035LIM
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial
Country Name: Spain
Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias
Directions to Site: Located about three kms south of Cangas de Narcea
Historical Region: Oviedo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Other such fonts in the area of Cangas de Narcea: Arbás, Besullo, Castañedo, Cibea, Cibuyo and Naviego.
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in Alvarez Martínez (1999: 265) as one in a group of pedestal fonts with a square lower base, with either hemispherical or conical shaped basins of the 12th-13th century. The ornamentation consists usually of a blind arcade of Romanesque arches.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Alvarez Martínez, María Soledad, El románico en Asturias, Gijón: Ediciones Trea, 1999