Arcos en Chantada / Arcos nr. Chantada / Santa María de Arcos en Chantada

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design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal

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Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [www.romanicodigital.com] [accessed 1 August 2022]
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view of church exterior - northwest view

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Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [www.romanicodigital.com] [accessed 1 August 2022]
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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: partially built into the northwest corner
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fundación Santa María la Real, 2022
Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [www.romanicodigital.com] [accessed 1 August 2022]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission received from the FSMLR

INFORMATION

FontID: 24165ARC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia / Igrexa Parroquial de Santa María de Arcos en Chantada
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Lugo, Galicia
Directions to Site: Located off the LU-211, W of the N-240, in the municipality and 7 km NW of Chantada
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Lugo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, partially built into the NW corner
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: church documented 1155
Font Notes:
The entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/LUGO_Arcos_Chantada.pdf] [accessed 1 August 2022] notes: "La pila bautismal del templo se encuentra, tras su reedificación, embebida en la esquina de los muros occidental y septentrional. Por ello, solo es visible parcialmente. Presenta una copa de tipología semiesférica soportada por un alto basamento, añadido posteriormente. Es en aquella donde se sitúa, a mitad de su altura, un motivo decorativo de gran sencillez. Este se compone de una serie de líneas en diagonal dispuestas en sentido de las agujas del reloj. Dicho ornato es frecuente en las pilas analizadas en el municipio, como las de Merlán y Fornas. Comparte cronología con los restos románicos hallados en el templo, es decir, se trata de una obra datable a finales del siglo XII." The font has a wooden cover, just for the visible section; round, flat and plain.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.659583, -7.809167
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 39′ 34.5″ N, 7° 48′ 33″ W
UTM: 29T 597598 4723701

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. ImagesArea]