Cibuyo

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BU01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

INFORMATION

FontID: 05038CIB
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Salvador
Church Patron Saints: Our Saviour
Country Name: Spain
Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias
Directions to Site: Located 8 kms south of Cangas de Narcea
Historical Region: Oviedo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 11th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Other such fonts in the area of Cangas de Narcea: Arbás, Besullo, Castañedo, Cibea, Limés and Naviego.
Listed in García de Castro (1995) as one of several baptismal fonts consisting of a hemispherical basin ornamented with a blind arcade, raised on a cylindrical pedestal base, probably the output of a workshop in this area. Described in Alvarez Martínez (1999) 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. Noted in García de Castro Valdés ([s.d.] 1998?)

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Alvarez Martínez, María Soledad, El románico en Asturias, Gijón: Ediciones Trea, 1999
García de Castro Valdés, César, "Nuevas piezas de arqueología cristiana altomedieval en Asturias", 7 (2000), Revista de Arqueología del Área de Historia Medieval, 2000, pp. [201]-218; r["References"]
García de Castro Valdés, César, Arqueología cristiana de la alta Edad Media en Asturias, Oviedo: Real Instituto de Estudios Asturianos, 1995