Santianes de Pravia No. 2
Image copyright © Josu Fernández Villaverde, 2015
Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 4 March 2015)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Josu Fernández Villaverde, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Josu Fernández Villaverde
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 4 March 2015)
design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: all around the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Josu Fernández Villaverde, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Josu Fernández Villaverde
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 4 March 2015)
design element - motifs - flat moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Josu Fernández Villaverde, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Josu Fernández Villaverde
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 4 March 2015)
design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Josu Fernández Villaverde, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Josu Fernández Villaverde
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 4 March 2015)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 05497SAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 14th century, Late Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Juan Apóstol y Evangelista
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, on the right side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Evangelist
Church Notes: The pre-Romanesque church is said to date to king Silo (774-783)
Church Address: 33129 Santianes de Pravia, Asturias, Spain
Site Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the W banks of the Nalon river, about 25 kms WSW of Aviles, 4 km from Pravia
Historical Region: Oviedo
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Díez Tejón (2001) as a late-Romanesque baptismal font with a drain; the basin is bucket-shaped and ornamented with deep-relief foliage motifs. It is mounted on a plain cylindrical base. [cf. Index entry for Santianes de Pravia No. 1 for a 8th-century (?) sunken piscina in this same church]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Josu Fernández Villaverde, of Beasain, Spain, for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 734516 4820646
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.50195, -6.099144
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 30′ 7.02″ N, 6° 5′ 56.92″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
REFERENCES
- Díez Tejón, Luis, Prerrománico y románico en Asturias, León: Ediciones Lancia, 2001, p. 35-36