Cibuyo / Cibuchu / Cibuyu

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05038CIB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Other such fonts in the area of Cangas de Narcea: Arbás, Besullo, Castañedo, Cibea, Limés and Naviego.
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Salvador
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, SW corner of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): Our Saviour
Church Address: 33813 Cibuyo, Asturias, Spain
Site Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the AS-15, 8 km SSW of Cangas del Narcea, 110 km of Oviedo capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Oviedo
Historical Region: Oviedo
Font Notes:
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?)

COORDINATES

UTM: 29T 696926 4777386
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.12361, -6.579164
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 7′ 25″ N, 6° 34′ 44.99″ W

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, p. 265
  • 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; p. 210
  • García de Castro Valdés, César, Arqueología cristiana de la alta Edad Media en Asturias, Oviedo: Real Instituto de Estudios Asturianos, 1995, p. 245 fn 375