Hoz de Abiada / La Hoz de Abiada
INFORMATION
FontID: 07076HOZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Santa María
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cantabria, Cantabria
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Campoo de Suso
Historical Region: Santander province
Font Location in Church: inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: Baroque church
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in Calderón Escalada (1971: p. between pp. 40-41) as a round tub-shaped baptismal font of the Romanesque period; at the place where the basin meets the round plinth there is some scallop motif.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
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