Torrearevalo / Torrearévalo

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Scene Description: [cf. Inscription area]

INFORMATION

FontID: 06822TOR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: Spain
Location: Soria, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located on the N-111, 30 km from the town of Soria
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: R Albo
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).

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
García Gómez, Francisco José, "Pilas bautismales románicas en la provincia de Soria", 57, 101, Celtiberia, 2007, pp. [315]-358; r["References"]