Rucandio in Riotuerto
Image copyright © Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, 2021
Standing permission
Results: 11 records
design element - motifs - moulding - graded
Scene Description: has the base been turned upside down?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2 August 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)
symbol - cross - Greek - Maltese - in a circle
Scene Description: one of several
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2 August 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)
view of basin
Scene Description: the diagonal striations to the left of the Maltese cross appear to be a natural flaw of the stone
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 20 November 2020 by Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com] [accessed 28 February 2021]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of basin - detail
Scene Description: another of the Maltese crosses on the sides -- the dark shape on the right is the damage where part of the stone broke off
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 2 August 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)
view of basin - detail
Scene Description: another of the Maltese crosses on the sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 2 August 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)
view of church exterior - southwest end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © AVANTI, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 September 2011 by AVANTI [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_Parroquial_de_Rucandio,Ríotuerto_-_Cantabria,.jpg] [accessed 28 February 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de Santa María Magdalena de Rucandio, en Riotuerto (Cantabria, España). Siglo XVIII"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tony Rotondas, 2007
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 31 August 2007 by Tony Rotondas [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Rucandio.jpg] [accessed 28 February 2021]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior in context - east view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Vista de Rucandio desde La Lombana (Cantabria, España)" -- the parish church seen here on a height in the centre of the image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tony Rotondas, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 May 2008 by Tony Rotondas [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rucandio.jpg] [accessed 28 February 2021]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-3.0
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 2 August 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)
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2 August 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)
view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: notice the damage at th upper rim and the thickness of the basin sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 20 November 2020 by Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com] [accessed 28 February 2021]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 23191RUC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Santa María Magdalena
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene
Church Location: Barrio Rucandio, 61, 39720 Rucandio, Cantabria, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cantabria, Cantabria
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the CA-162, 5 km S of Solares and the A-8, in the municipality of Riotuerto and 1 km from La Cavada, SE of Santander capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Santander
Historical Region: Santander province
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Andrés Serna López, of El Correo de las Matas [http://elcorreodelasmatas.blogspot.com] and to Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com] for their photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: present church 18thC
Font Notes:
Click to view
Noted and illustrated in Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez' Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com]: "Pila bautismal de la Iglesia de Santa Cecilia en Rucandio. Siglo XIII." Baptismal font of stone consisting of a round cauldron-shaped basin raised of a round moulded base that could have been upturned; the basin has a number of Maltese crosses inscribed in circles around the sides; two metal staples remain on the upper rim, and one old anchoring has broken off a large chunk of stone at the rim. Thick wooden cover with a handle; date unknown.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.342778, -3.72
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 20′ 34″ N, 3° 43′ 12″ W
UTM: 30T 441641 4799133
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]