Villamonico No. 2 / Vila Monniçio / Villa Munnico / Villamoñico
Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 17 February 2021)
Results: 19 records
animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon? - with unidentified animal (snake?)
Scene Description: An unidentified animal faces or fights a serpent (?)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 15 July 2016 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)
design element - motifs - disc
Scene Description: a row of, some damaged
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 15 July 2016 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)
design element - motifs - floral - rosette - 8 petal
Scene Description: encircled flowers/rosettes with eight petals; one to either side of the Latin cross; another, to the right, after the cross-in-a-circle motif
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 15 July 2016 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)
design element - motifs - quatrefoil
Scene Description: seen here at the far right, after the rosette motif, to the right of the Latin cross
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 15 July 2016 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)
design element - motifs - quatrefoiled ringlet
Scene Description: on the basin side, between the fighting animals and the rosette that is situated on the left of the Latin cross
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 15 July 2016 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)
design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: a thick one, all around the upper rim
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 15 July 2016 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)
design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
Scene Description: more irregular than is the usual in this area
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 15 July 2016 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 - 2
Scene Description: the two are identical and situated on the right and left arms of the Latin corss respectively
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2002
Image Source: Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net]
Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (e-mail)
symbol - cross - Latin - pattée - on a plinth
Scene Description: the tall cross breaks the ribbed pattern of the underbowl
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 15 July 2016 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 - key - two crossed keys in X arrangement
Scene Description: situated between the rosette and the fighting animals
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Miguel Angel García Guinea, 1996
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in García Guinea (1996: [60])
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of church exterior - north view - corbel
![Source caption: "En cuanto a los canecillos que quedan están situados en un trozo de cornisa abocelada de lo que era el muro norte de la Iglesia original románica. De todos ellos destaca uno en particular [...] que representa una tortuga o galápago."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1210307011_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "En cuanto a los canecillos que quedan están situados en un trozo de cornisa abocelada de lo que era el muro norte de la Iglesia original románica. De todos ellos destaca uno en particular [...] que representa una tortuga o galápago."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph by Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com/articulos/la-asuncion-de-villamoñico] [accessed 7 March 2021]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - north view - corbel
![Source caption: "En cuanto a los canecillos que quedan están situados en un trozo de cornisa abocelada de lo que era el muro norte de la Iglesia original románica. De todos ellos destaca uno en particular [...] que representa una tortuga o galápago."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1210307012_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "En cuanto a los canecillos que quedan están situados en un trozo de cornisa abocelada de lo que era el muro norte de la Iglesia original románica. De todos ellos destaca uno en particular [...] que representa una tortuga o galápago."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, 2021
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph by Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com/articulos/la-asuncion-de-villamoñico] [accessed 7 March 2021]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - north view - detail
![Source caption: "En cuanto a los canecillos que quedan están situados en un trozo de cornisa abocelada de lo que era el muro norte de la Iglesia original románica. De todos ellos destaca uno en particular [...] que representa una tortuga o galápago."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1210307010_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "En cuanto a los canecillos que quedan están situados en un trozo de cornisa abocelada de lo que era el muro norte de la Iglesia original románica. De todos ellos destaca uno en particular [...] que representa una tortuga o galápago."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph by Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com/articulos/la-asuncion-de-villamoñico] [accessed 7 March 2021]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - southeast view - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph by Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com/articulos/la-asuncion-de-villamoñico] [accessed 7 March 2021]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - west façade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph by Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com/articulos/la-asuncion-de-villamoñico] [accessed 7 March 2021]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - west façade - window
Scene Description: Source caption: "La ventana del hastial tiene columnas de capiteles dobles, uno de ellos reutilizado como basa."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph by Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com/articulos/la-asuncion-de-villamoñico] [accessed 7 March 2021]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior in context - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Vista de Villamoñico (Cantabria) desde el mirador de Valcabado"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Discasto, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 April 2018 by Discasto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vista_de_Villamoñico,_Palencia_(29_de_abril_de_2018,_mirador_de_Valcabado).jpg] [accessed 7 March 2018]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2002
Image Source: Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net]
Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (e-mail)
view of font - projection
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Miguel Angel García Guinea, 1996
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in García Guinea (1996: [60])
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
FontID: 00446VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: Barrio Villamoñico, 40, 39250 Villamoñico, Cantabria, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cantabria, Cantabria
Directions to Site: Located off the CA-751, about 15 km E of Aguilar de Campoo, in the municipality of Valderredible, 18 km WSW of Polientes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Santander
Historical Region: Comarca de Campoo - Los VallesSantander province / Merindad de Aguilar de Campoo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, S side
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval
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], and to Montserrat Estela, Barcelona, Spain, for their images of this church and font]
Church Notes: Romanesque church re-built Baroque period; modified 18thC
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Garcia Guinea (1979: 292) and (1996: 60-61). García Guinea (1998: 5) describes it as well evolved and of difficult dating, and suggests possibly a cock as the animal fighting the snake. The entry for this church in Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com/articulos/la-asuncion-de-villamoñico] [accessed 7 March 2021] notes: "poco queda ya de la fábrica románica en la Iglesia de la Asunción, a saber, algunos canecillos de la cornisa, una ventana y una bella pila bautismal en el interior, así como alguna pieza de la espadaña original. La Iglesia fue renovada totalmente en los siglos XVI-XVII [...] En el interior de la Iglesia encontramos una pila bautismal con gallones rehundidos en la parte baja. En la banda superior tiene motivos de tipo geométrico, animales y flores." Baptismal font of stone, goblet-shaped basin on a squat round-to-square base; the tapering basin has a wide roll moulding at the upper rim, below which there is a wide band with a variety of several symbols, among which are three 8-petal rosettes, a number of encircled Greek cross, a dragon(?) fighting a snake, etc; on the front(?) and occupying the full height is a Latin cross on a mound, with scrolls issuing from the underarms, the mound with steps; crossed; the round-to-square base has a row of discs all around, although partially damaged. No cover present [NB: the font is now [2020] standing in the chancel, south side, and can be seen from all angles; it had been earlier agaist a wall and some of the carving details were not visible]. [cf. BSI entry for Villamonico No. 1 for an abandoned stone basin in this church, possibly the remains of its medieval font]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 413044 4736963
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: goblet-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996
García Guinea, Miguel Angel, "Las pilas bautismales románicas de Valderrible", 11 (marzo 1998), Cuadernos de Campoo [electronic version], 1998
García Guinea, Miguel Angel, El Románico en Cantabria, Santander: Ediciones de Librería Estvdio, 1996
García Guinea, Miguel Angel, El Románico en Santander, Santander: Librería Estudio, 1979