Noviercas

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: large leaves all around the basin

LB01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: around the lower base

LB01: design element - motifs - rope moulding

Scene Description: around the middle of the stem

INFORMATION

FontID: 06816NOV
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de los Santos Justo y Pastor
Church Patron Saints: St. Justus and St. Pastor
Country Name: Spain
Location: Soria, Castilla y León
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century (late), Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Somewhat similar to the holy-water stoup at nearby Peroniel del Campo
Described and illustrated by Huerta Huerta in Soria románica (2001): the font consistes of a square basin ornamented with large foliage motif resembling very much a foliated capital; the basin interior has ribbed pattern leading to the central drain; the base is a cluster of columns with a rope moulding around the middle, and with a roll moulding separating it from the lower base volume. Huerta Huerat (ibid.) suggests its resemblance to the baptismal font at nearby Peroniel del Campo and dates both to the end of the 12th century. This same author (ibi.) quotes a local source [Indice de los libros de Bautizados y Casados..., t.2] as indicating that this object was moved to its present site in 1589 from the church in Cabezuelos [="la iglesia del pueblo de los Cabezuelos"]. [NB: a holy-water stoup of the late 12th century in this church is noted in http://www.soriaymas.com/ver.asp?tipo=articulo&id=2206 [accessed 4 December 2009]]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Basin Total Height: 32 cm
Height of Base: 68 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 60 x 60 cm
Notes on Measurements: Huerta Huerta in Soria románica (2001: 76)

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