Cotillo

INFORMATION

FontID: 07789COT
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Andrés
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cantabria, Cantabria
Directions to Site: In the Valle de Anievas (access from the N-611 at Arenas de Iguña, or from the N-623 at S. Vicente de Toranzo)
Historical Region: Santander province
Font Location in Church: [disappeared -- originally by the W wall]
Date: ca. 1356?
Century and Period: 14th century (mid) (?),
A baptismal font or holy-water stoup that stood by the west wall, near a door. The only evidence that remains today is the inscription on the door frame [cf. Inscription area] which helps to trace the object to the circa 1356. [source: http://euht.uib.es/nixportal/cantabria/]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Spanish
Inscription Notes: The name of the cleric dates the missing font to ca. 1356
Inscription Location: on the door frame
Inscription Text: "ESTA PILA PUSO AQ[u]I FERNAN GARCIA CL[er]IGO CON ESTAS OBRAS"
Inscription Source: [source: http://euht.uib.es/nixportal/cantabria/]