Ceares / Ciares nr. Gijon

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Results: 6 records

B01: design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding

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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken in November 2008 by Mikel Unanue

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BIS01: design element - patterns - ribbed

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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: piping, etc. [cf. Font notes]

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view of basin - interior

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view of font

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Image Source: digital photograph taken in November 2008 by Mikel Unanue

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view of font and cover in context

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Image Source: digital photograph taken in November 2008 by Mikel Unanue

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INFORMATION

FontID: 13992CEA
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: Spain
Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias
Directions to Site: Located on the AS-248, by the Parque de los Pericones, SSE of Gijon
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century [basin only] [composite font?], Medieval [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for the photographs of this font
Baptismal font consisting of a bucket-shaped basin raised on a stem made up of a cylindrical shaft with outer mouldings, both vertical (four) and horizontal (at the bottom; the two pieces, basin and base must be from diferent periods, the base, later; the basin, probably 13th-century, is plain on the outside but for a flat moulding; the inner well of the basin is ribbed; the basin has a central drain that has been modernised with household plumbing hardware. The wooden font cover consists of a flat round platform with raised scrolls; appears modern.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: unlined

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]