Piasca
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Results: 3 records
R01: design element - motifs - groove
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Montserrat Estela in 2006
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of basin - interior
Scene Description: note the stone receptacle inside [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Montserrat Estela in 2006
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Montserrat Estela in 2006
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 12118PIA
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Maria
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cantabria, Cantabria
Directions to Site: Located off the 627, SE of Potes and Liebana, in the direction of Piedrasluengas
Historical Region: Santander province
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1172?
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font consisting of a bucket shaped basin raised on a wider cylindrical base; plain all over except at the upper rim surface where a deep groove divides the surface into two round mouldings; it is in this area where damage can be found, as well as the anchorage holes of the old cover staples. There was an early monastery with a church in this locality; later, in the late 12th century, ca. 1176, a church was built to replace it. There are two factors that put in doubt the Romanesque pedigree of this font: the shallowness of the inner basin well, and the presence of a tiny receptacle probably used for the holy oils of baptism. Both these factors should be considered in dating this font. [We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, of www.romanicat.net, for her photographs of this font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]