Sorribas nr. Pilona / Piloña / Sorribes

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: including the west portal

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

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

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view of church interior - chancel arch and east side

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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

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view of font - east side

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view of font - east side

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

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22183SOR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia parroquial de San Pablo [originally from the disappeared monastery church of San Martín de Soto?]
Church Patron Saints: St. Paul
Church Location: 33584 Sorribas / Sorribes, El Cotal, Asturias, Spain -- Tel.: 985 711 133 / 649 08 61 49
Country Name: Spain
Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias
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
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, by the confessional
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
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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.368097, -5.257257
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 22′ 5.15″ N, 5° 15′ 26.12″ W
UTM: 30T 317114 4804167

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