Burgo de Osma No. 6

Results: 3 records

animal - fabulous animal or monster - hydra - 7-head

Scene Description: with beautiful feline-like heads, on the front side of the basin.

animal - mammal - lion?

Scene Description: on one of the sides of the basin

animal - mammal - lion?

Scene Description: on one of the sides of the basin

INFORMATION

FontID: 05735BUR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Catedral de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora [orig. from Sta. Ma. de Tiermes, Manzanares and Sotillos]
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: Plaza de la Catedral s/n, 42300 Burgo de Osma, Soria, Spain -- Tel.: +34 679476857 / Tel.: +34 975340319
Country Name: Spain
Location: Soria, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the N22, SW of Soria capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Font Location in Church: Stands in the Sala Capitular, next to the Sepulcro de San Pedro de Osma
Date: ca. 1182
Century and Period: 12th century (late), Romanesque
Illustrated in Castilla y León (1999); it appears to be a former capital re-cycled as a holy-water stoup; the plan is quadrangular, rounded and narrower at the lower end where it meets the base; the visible side has a beautifully carved seven-head hydra; the base itself is a cluster of four columns turned together in a slight twist. Described and illustrated by Rodríguez Montañés in Soria románica (2001) as a former capital from Santa María de Tiermes, moved to Manzanares in the 16th century and, before 1752, moved again to the parish church at Sotillos. From there it was finally moved, in the 1870s, to the cathedral of Burgo de Osma, where it now stands against one of the walls of the Chapter. Rodríguez Montañés (ibid.) identifies the seven-head beast with the one described in the Book of Revelation X (1-10). The origin of this font is also noted in García Gómez (2007).

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.585629, -3.071
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 35′ 8.26″ N, 3° 4′ 15.6″ W
UTM: 30T 494082 4603773

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: rectangular (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Basin Total Height: 40 cm
Height of Base: 40 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm [calculated]
Trapezoidal Basin: 40 x 56 cm
Notes on Measurements: Rodríguez Montañés in Soria románica (2001: 81)

REFERENCES

Castilla y León: paisaje, arte, historia y tradición, León: Edilesa, 1999
Soria románica: el arte románico en la diócesis de Osma-Soria: catálogo de la exposición, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real - CER, 2001
García Gómez, Francisco José, "Pilas bautismales románicas en la provincia de Soria", 57, 101, Celtiberia, 2007, pp. [315]-358; r["References"]