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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed - concave

Scene Description: all around

INFORMATION

FontID: 07047ARC

Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Miguel?

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael?

Country Name: Spain

Location: Cantabria, Cantabria

Directions to Site: Located in the Valdeolea-Valdeprado area

Historical Region: Santander province

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

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Illustrated in Calderón Escalada (1971: p. opp. 44) as a hemispheric mounted baptismal font of the Romanesque period. The basin appears to have deep concave ribbed pattern all around. The round stem of the base has the same pattern framed between two roll mouldings; the lower base is square.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Calderón Escalada, José, Campoo: panorama histórico y etnográfico de un valle, Santander: Institución Cultural de Cantabria, Diputación Provincial, 1971