Ruanales

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: showing damage and an anchoring spot

Image Source: digital photograph 13 September 2019 by Andrés Serna López, of El Correo de las Matas [http://elcorreodelasmatas.blogspot.com]

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view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph by José Luis Pellón in Iglesias de Cantabria [https://iglesiasdecantabria.blogspot.com/2015/09/iglesia-de-ruanales.html?m=1] [accessed 28 February 2021]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: mounted on the last step of the stairs leading to the chancel, by the right [south] pillar of the arch

Image Source: digital photograph 13 September 2019 by Andrés Serna López, of El Correo de las Matas [http://elcorreodelasmatas.blogspot.com]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 17 February 2021)

INFORMATION

FontID: 23190RUA

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial del Triunfo de la Santa Cruz

Church Patron Saints: The Holy Cross

Church Location: Barrio Ruanales, 36, 39232 Ruanales, Cantabria, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Cantabria, Cantabria

Directions to Site: Located off the CA-762, W of the CA-724, in the municipality of Valderredible, 16 km NNE of Polientes, about 45-50 km NE of Aguilar de Campoo [NB: the whole village, including te church, was moved to its present location in the 19thC]

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Santander

Historical Region: Comarca de Campoo - Los Valles / Santander province

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end, S side

Century and Period: , Medieval

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Andrés Serna López, of El Correo de las Matas [http://elcorreodelasmatas.blogspot.com] for his photographs of this font

Church Notes: present church is late-18thC; modified 19th and 20thC

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Baptismal font of stone consisting of a hemispherical basin raised on a round pedestal base and a small quadrangular lower base or plinth; the whole is plain and may have been re-tooled;there is at least one repair to the upper rim and evidence of anchoring spots also on the rim. No cover present. A font hard to date in its present condition, perhaps medieval, except for the lower base.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 425523 4749836

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?

Number of Pieces: 2

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]