Tuna nr. Tineo / Tuña

Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2011
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Results: 6 records
B01: design element - patterns - fluted or ribbed
UB01: design element - motifs - moulding
view of basin - interior
view of church exterior - southwest view
view of font
INFORMATION
FontID: 17920TUN
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Santa María
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias
Directions to Site: Located off the AS-310, 17 km SSE of Tineo, 30 km NE of Cangas de Narcea
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century,
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Macu Fernandez for her photographs of this font
Church Notes: the present 18th-century church replaced an earlier one of the 13th century
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin the outer sides of which are decorated with two rows of crudely rendered fluting or convex ribbing; raised on a pedestal base that starts square at the top, with a thick roll moulding directly below; plain circular stem and round-to-square lower base; the shallowness of the inner basin well would be indicative of a late date, even though the crudeness of the work may be reminiscent of older fonts of the area. The wooden cover is flat, round and plain; modern. [NB: the present church replaced an earlier one of the 13th century, but we have no information on the medieval font here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 713713 4793796
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]