Agreda No. 1

Main image for Agreda No. 1

Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2018

Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 2 June 2019)

Results: 12 records

design element - motifs - moulding

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 July 2018 by Mikel Unanue
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design element - motifs - zigzag - with insert - ball, bead, etc.

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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - columns with capitals

Scene Description: very simple capitals; no bases
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 July 2018 by Mikel Unanue
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design element - architectural - arch-head - round - intersecting

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view of basin

Scene Description: the damage visible here on the fromt shows clearly the shape of the hole where the metal plug was inserted; the different cold expansion rates of metal and stone eventually caused the split
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 July 2018 by Mikel Unanue
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view of basin

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 July 2018 by Mikel Unanue
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view of basin

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 July 2018 by Mikel Unanue
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view of font in context

Scene Description: as displayed in the church-museum in July 2018
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 July 2018 by Mikel Unanue
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view of church exterior - west portal - archivolt

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Diego Delso, 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 27 August 2012 by Diego Delso [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_la_Peña,_Ágreda,_España,_2015-01-02,_DD_025.JPG] [accessed 2 June 2019]
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view of church exterior - west portal

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Diego Delso, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 August 2012 by Diego Delso [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_la_Peña,_Ágreda,_España,_2015-01-02,_DD_025.JPG] [accessed 2 June 2019]
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view of church exterior in context - west view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Diego Delso, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 August 2012 by Diego Delso [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_la_Peña,_Ágreda,_España,_2012-08-27,_DD_03.JPG] [accessed 2 June 2019]
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information

Scene Description: font dated in this museum plaque to the 12thC
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 July 2018 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 2 June 2019)

INFORMATION

Font ID: 06808AGR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: the font in the other church in Agreda is similar
Museum: Museo de Arte Sacro Nuestra Señora de la Pena, 42100 Agreda, Soria, Spain
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Peña
Font Location in Church: Inside the church-cum-museum
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: original church consecrated 1198
Church Address: 42100 Agreda, Soria, Spain
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N122-SO382 crossroads, 50 km E of Soria capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Historical Region: Comarca del Moncayo
Additional Comments: disused font (now in a museum)
Font Notes:
Described in Soria románica (2001) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period with figural ornamentation [NB: the font we identified in this church is not figural]. [NB: the church itself is said to date from the 12th century]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this church and font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 589623 4634241

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining

REFERENCES

  • 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, p. 71