Berbio / Berbío / Infiesto
Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2014
Image and permission received (e-mail of 15 September 2012)
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view of font - southeast side
view of font - south side
view of basin - interior - drain
view of basin - interior
view of church exterior - southwest view
view of font - southeast side
view of font in context
view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: the font is located on the right [north] side, at the back [west] end, behind the confessional
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2012 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 15 September 2012)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19170BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan de Berbío
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the NW corner of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John
Church Notes: original church may have belonged to a monastery founded in 1005; altered in the 15th, 16th and 18thC; destroyed in a fire in 1936; restored in 1993 -- served as parish church of Infiesto until 1891/1892 [source: www.comarcadelsueve.com/recursos/show/que-hacer/iglesia-de-san-juan-de-berbio [accesssed 20 April 2014]]
Church Address: Lugar Santianes, 22, 33537, Asturias, Spain
Site Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-634, in the municipality of Piloña, ESE of Pola de Siero, WSW of Arriondas, 54 km of Oviedo capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Oviedo
Historical Region: comarca del Sueve
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of crude material, irregular shape and poor workmanship; the basin is square at the top, both inside and out, and has had the upper rim cut in probably to accommodate a font cover over it; the outer sides of the basin are rounded on the underbowl; raised on a round pedestal base that may or may not be the original. The plinth or dais on which it now stands is modern.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this church and font
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage System: Side drainage system
Drainage Notes: no lining
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 60 x 60 cm* [approx.]
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. ImageArea]
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]