Tera / Thera
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 06832TER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Romanesque [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Virgen del Carmen de Tera [originally Santa Maria]
Font Location in Church: Inside, in its baptistery, at the W of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: 11th/12thC church; modified 15th and 16thC; modified 19thC
Church Address: C. la-Iglesia, 42164 Tera, Soria, Spain
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SO-820, W of the N-111, in the municipality of Almarza, 20 km N of Soria capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Font Notes:
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Noted in García Gómez (2007) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period; bucket-shaped basin decorated with an arcade on torsade columns. The basin of a Romanesque baptismal font made of limestone, later raised on a modern base is listed in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/soria_TERA.pdf] [accessed 12 May 2025]: "En el baptisterio, estancia abierta al sur del tramo occidental de la nave, se conserva un bello ejemplar de pila románica, de notables dimensiones (1,13 m de diámetro y
0,72 m de altura). Labrada en un bloque de caliza, su copa es troncocónica, decorada con la consabida serie de arcos de medio punto sobre dobles columnas de fustes entorchados. Su basamento, poligonal, es obra moderna."
0,72 m de altura). Labrada en un bloque de caliza, su copa es troncocónica, decorada con la consabida serie de arcos de medio punto sobre dobles columnas de fustes entorchados. Su basamento, poligonal, es obra moderna."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 543082 4640189
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.912478, -2.480508
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 54′ 44.92″ N, 2° 28′ 49.83″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 113 cm*
Basin Total Height: 72 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Enciclopedia del románico [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.
- García Gómez, Francisco José, "Pilas bautismales románicas en la provincia de Soria", 57, 101, Celtiberia, 2007, pp. [315]-358; p. 328, 337