Ferreiros
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Results: 22 records
B01: symbol - tree - Tree of life
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B02: human figure - naked - with whip (?) in right hand - with chalice in left hand
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B03: symbol - cross - Latin - on a step
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B04: design element - motifs - unidentified
Scene Description: a pair of three-tier objects, the right one conflicting with a large hole on the side that may be related to the font cover
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BBU01: symbol - shell - 5
Scene Description: claimed by one source to be heads [cf. Font notes]
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view of font
Scene Description: modern font in the sacristy
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view of font - southeast side
Scene Description: this is the side now facing southeast
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view of font - northeast side
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view of font - east side
Scene Description: this is the side now facing east, the altar
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view of font
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José María Díaz Bernández, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph of a print by José María Díaz Bernández, 2003, posted on the Oficina de Turismo de Sárria in June 2006
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view of basin - interior
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view of basin - south side
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view of church exterior - west façade
Scene Description: a modern replacement
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view of church exterior - north porch
Scene Description: modern addition
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view of church exterior - south door
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view of church interior - looking east
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view of font in context
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view of church interior - looking west
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view of basin - detail
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view of basin - detail
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: one of the five shell-shaped motifs
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 09186FER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2006-06-13
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Saturnino / San Sadurniño de Ferreiros
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Saturninus
Church Address: Lugar Iglesia, 1, 27615 Sarria, Lugo, Spain
Site Location: Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the LU-636 road, in the municipality of Sárria: from Sárria, follow the road to Becerreá to the rotunda that offers a) Poligono Industrial and b)Ferreiros -- follow b)Ferreiros for about 1 km and continue pass the bridge -- 33 km from Lugo capital
Additional Comments: recycled font: replaced and used as planter outside for many years / restored font: brought back into the church ca. 2003
Font Notes:
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Described in Castillo López (1987 c1972): ancient baptismal font decorated with interesting carvings in a popular technique. Vázquez Saco [?] notes it as a baptismal font of great historical value, consisting of two pieces [Vázquez Saco (ibid.) dates the base about two centuries later than the basin, which he dates to the fabric of the old church, early 11th century]; he notes a carved naked human figure holding a whip or scourge in the right hand and a chalice in the left hand; to the right of the figure VS notes a Latin cross on a stand, and to its left a Tree of Life also on a stand; VS also notes a series of heads towards the upper rim [NB: not at all looking like heads; rather, shells [NB: the church is in the path of the Camino Francés to Santiago]. Vázquez Saco (ibid.) notes that part of the sculpture shows some Visigothic stylistic traits combined with others that are more of the Romanesque order. Noted and described in Delgado Gómez (1993) with reference to Vázquez Saco. On-site notes: the font, made of course-grain granite, consists of a hemispherical basin raised on a short round pedestal; the basin has a central drain; probably 12th-century. According to both local sources and Vázquez Saco (ibid.), the font was kept until only 2-3 years ago [i.e., 2003-2004?] outside the church, and was brought in by the current parish priest. There are iron staples in the upper rim of the basin from an earlier font cover but the cover itself is reported by local sources as "burned years ago". A modern stone bowl with ribbed pattern decoration was used as replacement during the years the old font was pushed out of the church and used as a planter [NB: the replacement font is modern and therefore not indexed here]. [*NB: we are unable to cite the bibliographical reference of the original work by Francisco Vázquez Saco; instead we have used a reference to his work in Delgado Gómez (1993)]. The font is listed and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/LUGO_Ferreiros_Sarria_0.pdf] [accessed 28 July 2025]: "El único elemento que parece haber sobrevivido a las reconstrucciones y al tiempo es la antigua pila bautismal. Se trata de una obra muy singular por presentar decoración figurada. La escena se resuelve alrededor de un árbol, a su lado un hombre desnudo blande un elemento alargado en su mano derecha y sostiene un cáliz en la izquierda. Una cruz latina sobre una base completa la representación. En el labio se vislumbran los restos de una decoración en bolitas, hoy muy deterioradas. Es, sin duda, un ejemplar de gran interés por lo poco frecuente que es encontrar pilas de esta antigüedad con decoración figurada. Basándose en las características plásticas , de clara influencia visigótica según él, Delgado Gómez
ha propuesto una datación temprana, en torno a los primeros años del siglo XI. Sin embargo, la conformación de la pila, las particularidades estilísticas de los elementos figurativos y de los motivos ornamentales que exhibe invitan a datarla en el entorno del año 1200, cabiendo considerarla, pues, como coetánea de la etapa románica del templo."
ha propuesto una datación temprana, en torno a los primeros años del siglo XI. Sin embargo, la conformación de la pila, las particularidades estilísticas de los elementos figurativos y de los motivos ornamentales que exhibe invitan a datarla en el entorno del año 1200, cabiendo considerarla, pues, como coetánea de la etapa románica del templo."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Cristina [?] of the Oficina de Turismo de Sárria, and to Concha and Luis, churchwardens at Ferreiros, for their help in documenting this font during our visit on 13 June 2006. 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
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42º 47' 37.9" N - 7º 21' 38.0" W, 42º 47' 37.9" N - 7º 21' 38.0" W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Rim Thickness: 12 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 76 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 100 cm*
Basin Depth: 21 cm*
Basin Total Height: 45 cm*
Height of Base: 40 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 95 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Castillo López, Angel, Inventario de la riqueza monumental y artística de Galicia, [La Coruña]: Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza, 1987 (c1972), p. 195
- Delgado Gómez, Jaime, El camino francés de Santiago en su tramo lucense, La Coruña: Hércules, 1993, p. 109-113
- Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.