Camoca No. 2 / Camoca de Arriba / Camoca Riba
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INFORMATION
FontID: 10883CAM
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Juan
Church Patron Saints: St. John
Country Name: Spain
Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias
Historical Region: Oviedo
Font Location in Church: Outside, wall-mounted to the right of one entrance door
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century / 18th century, Romanesque? / Modern?
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
A hemispherical holy-water stoup mounted on the outside wall, to the right of one of the two entrance doors to the church. It is not clear whether the object belongs to 1783, or to the earlier period of the church of Camoca. [cf. Index entry for Camoca No. 1 for a missing baptismal font from the early period]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round