Losacina de Alba

Image copyright © [TBC], 2014

Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 26 March 2014)

Results: 3 records

design element - architectural - niche or window - round

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [TBC], 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 March 2014 received via Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 26 March 2014)

design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [TBC], 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 March 2014 received via Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 26 March 2014)

view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [TBC], 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 March 2014 received via Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 26 March 2014)

INFORMATION

FontID: 19144LOS
Church/Chapel: Iglesia parroquial [cf. FontNotes]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Zamora, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Losacina is a hamlet located 8 km NW of Carbajales de Alba, in the NW of the province, 35-40 km NW of Zamora capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Zamora
Historical Region: Tierra de Alba, comarca de Aliste
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, by the S doorway
Century and Period: 12th - 14th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for conveying the photographs of this font to BSI [author not recorded -- waiting for MU to communicate name, etc.]
Church Notes: original church submerged in the Ricobayo dam [info from person supplying the photos -- no record found in web [April 2014]]
Baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with round windows or niches all around the sides, and an incised pattern of broad ribs around the underbowl; on a short cylindrical stem and a narrow square lower base, both plain; the upper rim has one metal staple for the font cover. The font is located near the entranceway.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]