Torrearevalo / Torre Arévalo / Torrearévalo

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06822TOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: R Albo
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Vial Camino, 13, 42161 Torrearévalo, Soria, Spain
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SO-P-140, E of the N-111, 30 km NNW of Soria
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Font Notes:
Described by Huerta Huerta in Soria románica (2001) as as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period ornamented with a blind arcade of intersecting arches, a common ornamental motif in fonts of this area. This font bears an inscription with the [partial] name of the carver. The inscription is noted in García Gómez (2007).

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 550631 4645420
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.959142, -2.389031
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 57′ 32.91″ N, 2° 23′ 20.51″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Text: "[...] RALBO ME FECIT"
Inscription Source: Huerta Huerta in Soria románica (2001) and García Gómez (2007)

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. 72
  • García Gómez, Francisco José, "Pilas bautismales románicas en la provincia de Soria", 57, 101, Celtiberia, 2007, pp. [315]-358; p. 324, 337