Leshten / Lešten / Лещен
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Elizabeth Watts, 2005
Image Source: Digital photograph supplied by Elizabeth Watts via Colin Hinson
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 6 October 2005)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Elizabeth Watts, 2005
Image Source: Digital photograph supplied by Elizabeth Watts via Colin Hinson
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 6 October 2005)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Elizabeth Watts, 2005
Image Source: Digital photograph supplied by Elizabeth Watts via Colin Hinson
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 6 October 2005)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10885LES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century
Church / Chapel Name: Chrám svätej Paraskevy (Lešten) [Orthodox Church of St. Paraskeva, Leshten]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Paraskeva [NB: not a person, but the personification of Friday, which became an individual saint through misconception]
Church Address: 2962 Leshten, Bulgaria
Site Location: Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, Europe
Directions to Site: Located E of hwy 19, in the municipality and 5 km from Garmen,13 km NE of Gotze Delchev, 75 km SE of Blagoevgrad
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Nevrokop
Font Notes:
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Metal object consisting of a hemispherical basin, plain except for two handles at the upper sides, raised on a plain cylindrical pedestal base; believed to be used for baptisms in this church dating to 1836. [NB: a similar object can be found in the church of St. Petka, in Strandja, also in Bulgaria]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Elizabeth Watts, of Bempton, Yorkshire, for the information on and photographs of this object. We are also grateful to Montserrat Estela, of www.romanicat.net, for bringing the Strandja font to our attention]
COORDINATES
UTM: 34T 736004 4612945
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.633333, 23.833333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 38' 0" N, 23° 50' 0" E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round