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Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de Santo Tirso de Villahibiera"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph 5 September 2010 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Santo_Tirso_de_Villahibiera_(5035246853).jpg] [accessed 10 March 2022]
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Pila bautismal [...] Iglesia de Santo Tirso de Villahibiera"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph 5 September 2010 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Santo_Tirso_de_Villahibiera_(5035247321).jpg] [accessed 10 March 2022]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2006.
Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [www.romanicodigital.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission received from the FSMLR
INFORMATION
FontID: 08459VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Tirso
Church Patron Saints: St. Thyrsus [aka Tirso] [attributes: bucksaw, cudgel]
Church Location: c/ Mayor-IV, 4A, 24930 Villahibiera, León, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: León, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the N-625 in the municipality and 4-5 km N of Valdepolo, about 40 km E of León capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de León
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the main chapel
Century and Period: 12th - 14th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta, for bringing this font to our attention. We are also grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico
Church Notes: original church probably pre-Romanesque; present church chiefly 12thC and ca. 1780; later abandoned for decades; restored in the 190s;
Font Notes:
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Illustrated without commentary or description in the Enciclopedia del románico de Castilla y León [full ref. not available]: baptismal font probably of the Romanesque period; the basin is roughly hemispherical and plain, with a metal cinch below the rim; plain cylindrical pedestal stem and short round lower base only slightly wider than the stem, moulded at the base. No cover present nor is there any evidence of anchoring hardware anywhere on the basin rim.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.604028, -5.21842
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 36′ 14.5″ N, 5° 13′ 6.31″ W
UTM: 30T 318020 4719230
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round