Torbeo No. 2
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08882TOR
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María / Igrexa Parroquial de Santa María de Torbeo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Torbeo, 27317 Ribas de Sil (Lugo), Spain
Site Location: Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-120, in the municipality and WSW of Ribas de Sil, 65 km S of Lugo capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Lugo
Font Notes:
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Described in Ramón y Fernández (1945: 377): Romanesque holy-water stoup; round and mounted on a cluster of four columns [cf. Index entry for Torbeo No. 1 for a baptismal font of the same period in tis church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 538492 4746594
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.870971, -8.528738
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 52′ 15.5″ N, 8° 31′ 43.46″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Ramón y Fernández, José, "La pila bautismal de Torbeo", 18 (1945), 72, Archivo Español de Arte, 1945, pp. 375-380; p. 377