Riobo en Cabana de Bergantinos No. 3 / Riobó en Cabana de Bergantiños / San Martiño de Riobó en Cabana de Bergantiños / San Martin de Riobo / San Martín de Riobó / San Martiño de Riobó (Coruña)

Image copyright © Augusto Guedes, 2020
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 1 November 2020)
Results: 5 records
animal - mammal - bear?
design element - patterns - gadrooned or ribbed
view of basin - interior
view of stoup
view of stoup in context

Scene Description: the stoup is located at the bottom of the steps leading up to the gallery
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Augusto Guedes, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 October 2020 by Augusto Guedes
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 1 November 2020)
INFORMATION
FontID: 22987RIO
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín de Riobó / Igrexa de San Martiño de Riobó
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Unnamed Road, Riobó, 15149 Cabana de Bergantiños, Coruña, Spain -- Tel.: +34 981 72 50 26
Country Name: Spain
Location: Coruña, Galicia
Directions to Site: Located W of the LC-423, in the municipality and SE of Cabana de Bergantiños, NW of Santiago de C., WSW of La Coruña capital [***NOT TO BE MISTAKEN WITH RIOBO EN ESTRADA, PONTEVEDRA***]
Historical Region: Comarca de Bergantiños
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the bottom of the steps leading up to the gallery
Century and Period: , Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Augusto Guedes for the photograph of this object
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Monolithic holy-water stoup located at the bottom of the stairs leading to the west gallery; it has three distinct volumes: a roughly hemispherical basin with a gadrooned interior, a slender pedestal stem of quadrangular shape and a base where the pedestal integrates a quadruped, probably a bear to judge by the shape of the body and head [NB: bears were not an uncommon occurrence in the mountainous areas of Galicia]. [NB: there are two other objects of interest listed in BSI as Riobo en Cabana de Bergantinos Nos. 1 and 2]
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 511637 4781114
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, granite
Number of Pieces: 1
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining