Cotillo
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07789COT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1356?
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (mid) (?), Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Andrés
Font Location in Church: [disappeared -- originally by the W wall]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Notes: 12thC with later modifications
Church Address: Barrio Cotillo, 59, 39451 Cotillo, Cantabria, Spain -- Tel.: +34 942 82 80 55
Site Location: Cantabria, Cantabria, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the CA-271, between Arenas de Iguña and San Vicente de Toranzo
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Santander
Historical Region: Santander province
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here ) [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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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/]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 418618 4783716
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.201838, -4.001731
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 12′ 6.62″ N, 4° 0′ 6.23″ W
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Spanish
Inscription Location: on the door frame
Inscription Text: "ESTA PILA PUSO AQ[u]I FERNAN GARCIA CL[er]IGO CON ESTAS OBRAS"
Inscription Notes: The name of the cleric dates the missing font to ca. 1356
Inscription Source: [source: http://euht.uib.es/nixportal/cantabria/]