Conforcos
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © García de Castro Valdés, 1995
Image Source: García de Castro Valdés, 1995 (pl. 152)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 08439CON
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel de Conforcos
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Spain
Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Aller, district of Langreo, about 45 km from Oviedo capital
Historical Region: Oviedo
Font Location in Church: Abandoned in a spot, NW of the church
Century and Period: 9th - 12th century, Pre-Romanesque? / Romanesque?
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in García de Castro (1995): cauldron-shaped unmounted baptismal font made of limestone; it is totally plain with the chisel marks evident; the basin is now raised on a circular plinth re-used from elsewhere; the plinth itself, decorated with a scotia and ball motif is dated to the 12th century, which GdeC (ibid.) takes as an indication that the basin itself is of an earlier period. Múñiz López & García Alvarez-Busto (2007) suggest it belongs to a group of fonts established by García de Castro (1995) that includes cognate fonts at San Miguel de Conforcos (Aller), San Miguel de Barcena (Tineo) and San Juan de Sangoñéu (Tineo) and the one at Castrillón.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 9.75 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 67.5 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 87 cm
Basin Depth: 38 cm
Basin Total Height: 67 cm
Height of Base: 19 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 86 cm*
Square Base Dimensions: 67 cm (diameter)
Notes on Measurements: García de Castro (1995: 245) *[the "base", which the author sees as straneous to the font is treated as plinth in the measurements]
REFERENCES
García de Castro Valdés, César, Arqueología cristiana de la alta Edad Media en Asturias, Oviedo: Real Instituto de Estudios Asturianos, 1995
Múñiz López, Iván, "La pila bautismal de tradición prerrománica de Castrillón (Asturias): el control señorial del bautismo", 2 (2007), Territorio, sociedad y poder, 2007, pp. 265-274; r["References"]