Matute de la Sierra
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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - intersecting arches
Scene Description: all around
INFORMATION
FontID: 06833MAT
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Santa Coloma
Country Name: Spain
Location: Soria, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: This village is abandoned.
Font Location in Church: Inside the church?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes: Click to view 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 whole village is now [ca. 2000] abandoned and the church is in danger of becoming a ruin [reported by José Manuel Rodríguez Montañés in his "Edificios románicos amenazados o en ruinas en Castilla y León" [web.jet.es/cer/ruinas.htm]]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
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