Villanueva de Valdecarzana

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02279VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Santa María de Villanueva de Valdecarzana
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: [unable to locate it]
Font Notes:
Noted in Rios Gonzalez (1997); square font of exceptional quality decorated with animals (wolves, a stag, confronted cokerels, etc.) Probably from the earliest period of this church, mid-11th century. García de Castro Valdés (2000) notes medieval quadrangular fonts in Spain at Beloncio, Bullaso, San Isidoro de Leon, Villanueva de Valdecarzana (suggested date in the 11th century); Armentia, Bustasur, Dosante, Gormaz, Quintanillabon, Rosales, Santillan del Agua, Soto de Bureba (suggested date in the 12th or 13th century); Ripodas and Turrillas (suggested date in the 13th century).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: square (unmounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • García de Castro Valdés, César, "Nuevas piezas de arqueología cristiana altomedieval en Asturias", 7 (2000), Revista de Arqueología del Área de Historia Medieval, 2000, pp. [201]-218; p. 209
  • Ríos González, Sergio, Asturias monumental: 100 referencias, Gijón: Ediciones Trea, 1997, p. 56