Torazo / Torazu
Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2012
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Results: 5 records
view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 January 2012 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 January 2012 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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view of church exterior - south porch
Scene Description: the old basin is visible behind the railings, to the right (east) of the main gate
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 January 2012 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: the roofed south porch, attached to the right of the main body of the church, appears painted white
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 January 2012 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 January 2012 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 17888TOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: [cf. FontNotes]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias
Directions to Site: Located on the AS-334, S of Cabranes, S of Villaviciosa, ENE of Oviedo
Century and Period: Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this church and object
Church Notes: the parish church is Iglesia de San Martín el Real is 16th- or 17th-century, so the 'font' must have belonged to a different and earlier church -- the church does have an old and quaint holy-water stoup, but it is probably of the date of the church
Font Notes:
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Tub-shaped object resembling an old baptismal, now being used as planter in a private residence near the later church; there is damage around the upper rim consistent with the type breakage due to old cover anchors; a large side whole would suggest it has been used as trough in the past. We have no certainty that this ever was a font. The church is of the 16th century or later, but does have a few medieval corbels which may have belonged originally to a disappeared nearby church; did the 'font' come from the same source? The 'font' is located in the long south porch of the church, protected behind railings and under roof cover.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round