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
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of basin
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
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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
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17888TOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Martín el Real de Torazo [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin
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
Church Address: Lugar Torazo, 12, 33310 Torazo, Asturias, Spain
Site Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the AS-334, S of Cabranes, S of Villaviciosa, about 40 km ENE of Oviedo capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Oviedo
Additional Comments: disused font? Not a font at all?
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.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this church and object
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: [cf. FontNotes]