Sorribas nr. Pilona / Piloña / Sorribes

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view of font - east side

the crude font was probably broken up at some point, the fragments buried in the church grounds, as was usually the proper custom when they became disused, but was later put together again

Scene Description: the crude font was probably broken up at some point, the fragments buried in the church grounds, as was usually the proper custom when they became disused, but was later put together again

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 January 2014 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 1 June 2019)

view of font - east side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 January 2014 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 1 June 2019)

view of font

Scene Description: at the west end, to the right of the confessional -- notice the metal plug from an early cover in the upper rim

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 January 2014 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 1 June 2019)

view of church exterior - west portal - east side - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 January 2014 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 1 June 2019)

view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: including the west portal

Image Source: digital photograph in Piloña, Tierra de Asturcones [www.tierradeasturcones.com/fotos/noticia_55_1.jpg] [accessed 2 June 2019]

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view of church interior - chancel arch and east side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 January 2014 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 1 June 2019)

INFORMATION

Font ID: 22183SOR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia parroquial de San Pablo [originally from the disappeared monastery church of San Martín de Soto?]

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, by the confessional

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Paul

Church Notes: present church of the 17thC said to incorporate materials from the disappeared medieval Benedictine monastery of San Martín de Soto here; restored 1941

Church Address: 33584 Sorribas / Sorribes, El Cotal, Asturias, Spain -- Tel.: 985 711 133 / 649 08 61 49

Site Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias, Spain, Europe

Directions to Site: This Sorribas [there is another S of the N-634] is a hamlet located off (N) the N-634, N of the Piloña river and the village of Sevares, 1-2 km NE of Piloña and in its municipality, 9 km from Infiesto

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Oviedo

Historical Region: Comarca del Oriente de Asturias

Additional Comments: moved font? (was it originally from San Martín de Soto?) / disused font? / broken up font? / repaired font? / restored font?

Font Notes: Click to view

The baptismal font in this church is an object of crude workmanship, consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a cylindrical pedestal base; one metal plug is discernible in the upper rim but there is n cover present. This font, which is said to have been originally from the church of the disappeared Benedictine monastery of San Martín de Soto, was probably broken up at some point, the fragments buried in the church grounds, as was usually the proper custom when they became disused, but was later put together again and restored to the present church.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 317114 4804167

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.368097, -5.257257

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 22′ 5.15″ N, 5° 15′ 26.12″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining