Cubo de Solana / Cubo de la Solana
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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - columns with torsade pattern ornamentation
BS01: design element - motifs - floral or foliage
INFORMATION
FontID: 06812CUB
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: Spain
Location: Soria, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located in the area of el Campo de Gomara, near the town of Soria
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Noted in García Gómez (2007) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period with an arcade of round arches on torsade columns. Noted and illustrated in Pérez Marañón (s.d.). The font is a bucket-shaped basin without base; a blind arcade of round arches on braided columns decorates the sides, with leaves or flowers in the spandrels.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, sandstone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 114 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 114 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [measurements in Pérez Marañón (s.d.)]
REFERENCES
García Gómez, Francisco José, "Pilas bautismales románicas en la provincia de Soria", 57, 101, Celtiberia, 2007, pp. [315]-358; r["References"]
Pérez Marañón, José María, Cubo de la Solana: historia y vida de un pueblo, Madrid: Editorial Vision Net