Arroyo No. 1 / Arroyo de Valdearroyo
Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2016
Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue [e-mail of 7 June 2016]
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design element - motifs - groove - parallel - 2
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2016 by Txaro Irigoien
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue [e-mail of 7 June 2016]
design element - patterns - ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2016 by Txaro Irigoien
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue [e-mail of 7 June 2016]
view of basin - interior
Scene Description: the two metal staples of an old cover at opposite ends of the upper rim
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2016 by Txaro Irigoien
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue [e-mail of 7 June 2016]
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2016 by Txaro Irigoien
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue [e-mail of 7 June 2016]
INFORMATION
FontID: 16749ARR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia [vieja] de la Purisima [aka de la Inmaculada Concepción]
Church Patron Saints: The Immaculate Conception of St. Mary
Church Location: 32913 Arroyo, Cantabria, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cantabria, Cantabria
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Las Rozas de Valdearroyo, and 3 km from it, 87 km from Santander capital; the church is located in the "barrio bajo"
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Santander
Historical Region: Santander province
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Txaro Irigoien for her photographs of this font
Font Notes:
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Stone baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a ribbed pattern below two parallel grooves; ona a plain squat cylinder. There is no cover present but the basin retains two metal staples at oposite ends on the upper rim. [cf. Index entry for Arroyo No. 2 for an interesting composite holy-water stoup in this church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 58' 20.72" N, 4° 3' 12.26" W
UTM: 30T 413994 4758393
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]