Chamin / Santa Eulalia de Chamín / Santaia de Chamín

Image copyright © Alberto García Roldán, 2019

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design element - motifs - geometric

Scene Description: only one visible here

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alberto García Roldán, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Alberto García Roldán in Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo [https://galiciapuebloapueblo.blogspot.com/2019/05/santaia-de-chamin-arteixo.html] [accessed 6 October 2019]

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design element - motifs - rope - braided - double

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alberto García Roldán, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Alberto García Roldán in Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo [https://galiciapuebloapueblo.blogspot.com/2019/05/santaia-de-chamin-arteixo.html] [accessed 6 October 2019]

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view of church exterior - apse - window

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Xosé Antonio, 2014

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 15 June 2014 by Xosé Antonio [https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheiro:Fiestra_na_igrexa_de_Chamín.jpg] [accessed 6 October 2019]

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view of church exterior - south portal

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Xosé Antonio, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 June 2014 by Xosé Antonio [https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheiro:Porta_lateral_da_igrexa_de_Chamín.jpg] [accessed 6 October 2019]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Xosé Antonio, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 June 2014 by Xosé Antonio [https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheiro:Igrexa_de_Chamin.jpg] [accessed 6 October 2019]

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view of church exterior - west portal

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Xosé Antonio, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 June 2014 by Xosé Antonio [https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheiro:Pórtico_da_igrexa_de_Chamin.jpg] [accessed 6 October 2019]

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view of church interior - chancel and east end

Scene Description: Source caption: "El interior se cubre con falso techo de madera y ábside rectangular abovedado con arco de acceso sobre dos columnas con sus correspondientes capiteles de hojas. En el arco triunfal había dos toscas cabezas en relieve, que han desaparecido en la restauración." [source: Alberto García Roldán [cf. FontNotes]]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alberto García Roldán, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Alberto García Roldán in Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo [https://galiciapuebloapueblo.blogspot.com/2019/05/santaia-de-chamin-arteixo.html] [accessed 6 October 2019]

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view of church interior - chancel arch - north side - capital

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alberto García Roldán, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Alberto García Roldán in Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo [https://galiciapuebloapueblo.blogspot.com/2019/05/santaia-de-chamin-arteixo.html] [accessed 6 October 2019]

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view of church interior - chancel arch - south side - capital

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alberto García Roldán, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Alberto García Roldán in Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo [https://galiciapuebloapueblo.blogspot.com/2019/05/santaia-de-chamin-arteixo.html] [accessed 6 October 2019]

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view of church interior - south entrance

Scene Description: showing the large wall-mounted holy-water stoup to the west of it

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alberto García Roldán, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Alberto García Roldán in Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo [https://galiciapuebloapueblo.blogspot.com/2019/05/santaia-de-chamin-arteixo.html] [accessed 6 October 2019]

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view of church interior - west end

Scene Description: modern galley of the mid-20thC restoration; the font is partially visible in the foreground, right-hand corner, beneath the gallery stairwell

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alberto García Roldán, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Alberto García Roldán in Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo [https://galiciapuebloapueblo.blogspot.com/2019/05/santaia-de-chamin-arteixo.html] [accessed 6 October 2019]

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view of font - northeast side

Scene Description: notice the large notch in the upper rim, at the back, on which the glass vessel rests; it is probably the spot where the anchorage of an old font cover was

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alberto García Roldán, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Alberto García Roldán in Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo [https://galiciapuebloapueblo.blogspot.com/2019/05/santaia-de-chamin-arteixo.html] [accessed 6 October 2019]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22383CHA
Church/Chapel: Igrexa Parroquial de Santaia de Chamín
Church Patron Saints: St. Eulalia of Mérida
Church Location: calle Iglesario, Chamin, 15144, Arteixo, Coruña, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Coruña, Galicia
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the DP-0505, N of the DP-1913 and the AC-55, in the municipality and 5 km W of Arteixo, 13-14 km WSW of La Coruña capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, south side, beneath the gallery stairwell
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church Notes: late-12thC(?) church; modified mid-20thC
Baptismal font noted and illustrated by Alberto García Roldán in Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo [https://galiciapuebloapueblo.blogspot.com/2019/05/santaia-de-chamin-arteixo.html] [accessed 6 October 2019]; it consists of a roughly hemispherical basin that has a large notch at the back of the upper rim, probably where the hardware of an old cover was anchored; there is a braid motif all around the basin side, and some additional geometric motifs (?) on the underbowl; the round pedestal base appears plain, any motifs there may have been on it eroded now. No cover present. The font here is not mentioned in the entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/a_coruna_Cham%C3%ADn.pdf] [accessed 1 August 2022]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.293414, -8.566075
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 17′ 36.29″ N, 8° 33′ 57.87″ W
UTM: 29T 535200 4793490

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]