Conforcos
Image copyright © García de Castro Valdés, 1995
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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
Font ID: 08439CON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 9th - 12th century, Pre-Romanesque? / Romanesque?
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel de Conforcos
Font Location in Church: Abandoned in a spot, NW of the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: 33681 Conforcos, Asturias, Spain -- Tel.: +34 985 69 10 10
Site Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the AE-6, in the municipality of Aller, district of Langreo, about 45 km SE of Oviedo capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Oviedo
Historical Region: Oviedo
Additional Comments: abandoned font: it is kept in a place full of junk
Font Notes:
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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.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 289241 4776365
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.110699, -5.590328
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 6′ 38.51″ N, 5° 35′ 25.18″ W
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, p. 245 and pl. 152
- 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; p. 270