Nafria la Llana No. 1 / Nafría la Llana / Navafríalallana

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B01: design element - patterns - chequered

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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Image Source: digital photograph by Antonio García Omedes [http://www.arquivoltas.com/13-Soria/01-Nafria3.htm] [accessed 18 April 2010]
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B02: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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BBU01: design element - motifs - vine - acanthus

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BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed - concave

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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R01: design element - motifs - groove

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R02: design element - motifs - roll moulding

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view of basin

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06807NAF
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de la Natividad de Nuestra Señora, Nafría la Llana
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, SE corner of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): The Nativity of St. Mary
Church Address: 42193 Nafría la Llana, Soria, Spain
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SO-110, halfway between Soria capital and El Burgo de Osma, in the municipality of Golmayo, about 30 km SW of Soria
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Additional Comments: disused font / altered font [missing base] / moved font [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
García Gómez (2007) notes that the font at Calatañazor served as the model for the fonts at Nafría la Llana, La Barbolla, La Cuenca, Torreblanco, etc, all in Soria province.. Noted and illustrated in García Omedes [http://www.arquivoltas.com/13-Soria/01-Nafria3.htm] [accessed 18 April 2010]: a hemispherical basin now resting directly on the ground; the upper rim has a marked groove on its upper surface, and a roll moulding, with an acanthus vine all around below; a band of chequered pattern separates the vine from a concave ribbed pattern the tops of which are actually foliage motifs. The font appears not to be used for baptisms any longer. [cf. Index entry for Nafria la Llana No. 2 for a medieval(?) stoup also in this church]. Listed and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/soria_NAFRÍA_LA_LLANA.pdf] [accessed 11 May 2025]: "la nave, totalmente revocada y sin elemento característico alguno. Al fondo está el coro de madera y bajo él el baptisterio, aunque la pila bautismal se ha desplazado hasta la parte anterior de la nave, y hoy aparece sin el pie que debió tener. También es románica, y de buena calidad, formada por un gran vaso hemisférico de piedra caliza, de 59 cm de altura y 128 cm de diámetro. Porta un grueso bocel en la embocadura y bajo él una cene-
fa de tallo ondulante, del que parten trifolias carnosas que se adaptan a los espacios semicirculares que va dejando el recorrido del tallo, una decoración que ya hemos visto en algunos cimacios del templo. Un delgado listel segmentado da paso a la mitad inferior del vaso, recorrida por gallones cóncavos de cuyas aristas nacen, en la parte superior, otras hojitas trifolias. Pilas muy similares a ésta son las de La Barbolla, Fuentecantales, La Cuenca, Nódalo y, especialmente, la de la iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Castillo, de Calatañazor, que casi parece ejecutada por la misma mano.}
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Antonio García Omedes of www.romanicoaragones.com, for his notes on and image of this object.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 53518970 4612569
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.660337, -2.777513
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 39′ 37.21″ N, 2° 46′ 39.05″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 128 cm*
Basin Total Height: 59 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Enciclopedia del románico [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.
  • García Gómez, Francisco José, "Pilas bautismales románicas en la provincia de Soria", 57, 101, Celtiberia, 2007, pp. [315]-358; p. 325, 332