Pola de Somiedo
Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2021
Image and permission received from the author (transfer of 10 August 2021)
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symbol - cross - Greek - pattée - in a circle
Scene Description: the large knotch carved above it was probably made to instal a lock for the cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 31 July 2021 by Juan Antonio Olañeta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (transfer of 10 August 2021)
view of basin - interior
Scene Description: showing the drain hole
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 31 July 2021 by Juan Antonio Olañeta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (transfer of 10 August 2021)
view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: " Iglesia de San Pedro de Pola de Somiedo, iglesia con elementos de la tradición constructiva regional. Fecha de construcción sobre la puerta (1731). Principado de Asturias."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander Bernal, 2017
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 30 December 2017 by Alexander Bernal [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_San_Pedro_-_Pola_de_Somiedo.jpg] [accessed 13 August 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 31 July 2021 by Juan Antonio Olañeta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (transfer of 10 August 2021)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 31 July 2021 by Juan Antonio Olañeta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (transfer of 10 August 2021)
INFORMATION
FontID: 23405POL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: c/ Flórez Estrada, , 33840 Pola de Somiedo, Asturias, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the AS-227, about 50 km SW of Oviedo capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Oviedo
Historical Region: Comarca del Camino Real de la Mesa
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 14th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta for his photographs of this font
Church Notes: present church dated 1751 on its portal, said to have replaced an earlier one dedicated to St Cosmas, of which nothing remains
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a round tapering basin decorated with a single potent Greek cross inscribed in a circle; above this symbol the rim side a large notch has been cut, obviously to fit a lock for a font cover; crude pedestal base, also round. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.092933, -6.254669
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 5′ 34.56″ N, 6° 15′ 16.81″ W
UTM: 29T 723436 4774793
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (base)
Number of Pieces: 2?
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining