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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: the stone altar in the foreground
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: the tub-shaped font in the foreground, in the now open-air nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paula G.M., 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 October 2009 by Paula G.M. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulayjesus/4043291383/in/photostream/] [accessed 26 January, 2010]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 15894COB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1140?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (mid?), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Felices de Mies [formerly Monasterio de San Félix]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Felix
Church Address: Diseminado Cobreces, 4004, 39320 Cóbreces, Cantabria, Spain
Site Location: Cantabria, Cantabria, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the CA-131, WNW of Alfoz de Lloredo, 5 km W of Santillana del Mar
Additional Comments: disused font
Font Notes:
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Plain tub-shaped font (?) in the nave of the church; it appears to be in the open air; it stands on a quadrangular plinth covered with grass and weeds in the open-air nave of the church [NB: the church is the 'Iglesia de San Felices de Mies', formerly 'Monasterio de San Félix', said to have been erected ca. 1140.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 4802636 402621
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round