Novela nr. Santiso, Santa Maria de Novela

INFORMATION

FontID: 06118NOV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Maria de Novela
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Coruña, Galicia
Directions to Site: Located 1.5 km from Santiso
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
Described in Carrillo Lista (1997: 118) as an old baptismal font consisting of two blocks of granite: basin and base; both are plain.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Carrillo Lista, María del Pilar, El arte románico en Terra de Melide, A Coruña: Diputación Provincial de A Coruña, 1997