Ferreiros

Results: 22 records

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B01: symbol - tree - Tree of life

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2006

B02: human figure - naked - with whip (?) in right hand - with chalice in left hand

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2006

B03: symbol - cross - Latin - on a step

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2006

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

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2006

BBU01: symbol - shell - 5

Scene Description: claimed by one source to be heads [cf. Font notes]

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2006

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: one of the five shell-shaped motifs

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2006

view of basin - detail

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2006

view of basin - detail

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2006

view of basin - interior

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2006

view of basin - south side

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2006

view of church exterior - north porch

Scene Description: modern addition

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2006

view of church exterior - south door

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2006

view of church exterior - west façade

Scene Description: a modern replacement

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2006

view of church interior - looking east

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2006

view of church interior - looking west

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2006

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph of a print by José María Díaz Bernández, 2003, posted on the Oficina de Turismo de Sárria in June 2006

Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

view of font

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2006

view of font

Scene Description: modern font in the sacristy

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2006

view of font - east side

Scene Description: this is the side now facing east, the altar

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2006

view of font - northeast side

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2006

view of font - southeast side

Scene Description: this is the side now facing southeast

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2006

view of font in context

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2006

INFORMATION

FontID: 09186FER

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Saturnino / San Sadurniño

Church Patron Saints: St. Saturninus

Country Name: Spain

Location: Lugo, Galicia

Directions to Site: Located 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

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, N side

Century and Period: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

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 crudely 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)]. [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]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

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)

Delgado Gómez, Jaime, El camino francés de Santiago en su tramo lucense, La Coruña: Hércules, 1993