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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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 - 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 - 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)
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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)
INFORMATION
FontID: 05497SAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Juan Apóstol y Evangelista
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Evangelist
Church Location: 33129 Santianes de Pravia, Asturias, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias
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 Location in Church: Inside the church, on the right side
Century and Period: 12th - 14th century, Late Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Josu Fernández Villaverde, of Beasain, Spain, for his photograph of this font
Church Notes: The pre-Romanesque church is said to date to king Silo (774-783)
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]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.50195, -6.099144
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 30′ 7.02″ N, 6° 5′ 56.92″ W
UTM: 29T 734516 4820646
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