Liber

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Image and permission received (e-mail of 31 January 2006)
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view of basin
view of basin - interior - drain
view of basin - upper view
view of church exterior
view of font - front side
view of font - left side
INFORMATION
FontID: 11406LIB
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial
Country Name: Spain
Location: Lugo, Galicia
Directions to Site: Located 9 km NE of Becerreá, in the Los Ancares area
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, near the entrance
Century and Period: , Medieval
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Medieval baptismal font consisting of a crude irregular polygonal tapering basin made of granite, raised on an octagonal stem made of two blocks of stone and an octagonal splaying lower base; the rough wooden cover is hinged at the back, bolted to the wall, and has a lock at the fron side of the basin. [We are grateful to Carlos Sastre for bringing this font to our attention, and for the photographs of the font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, granite
Number of Pieces: four?
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
Drainage Notes: unlined
LID INFORMATION
Date: unknown
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]