Besullo / Bisuyu

Described and illustrated 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. This font has a hemispherical basin ornamented with two thin mouldings, one at the upper rim, the other marking the beginning of the underbowl; the underbowl is decorated with a pattern of shallow concave ribs that could be read as an arcade. The entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/asturias_BESULLO.pdf] [accessed 8 May 2025] notes its baptismal font as being of a Romanesque design but probably of a later date: "La pila bautismal es antigua y responde a una tipología medieval, aunque por sus proporciones esbeltas y decoración de gallones parece posterior al románico."