Torbeo No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 08882TOR

Object Type: Stoup

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María / Igrexa Parroquial de Santa María de Torbeo

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: Torbeo, 27317 Ribas de Sil (Lugo), Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Lugo, Galicia

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 Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Font Notes: Click to view

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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.870971, -8.528738

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 52′ 15.5″ N, 8° 31′ 43.46″ W

UTM: 29T 538492 4746594

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