Ventosa de la Sierra

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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - intersecting arches

Scene Description: all around the basin side

INFORMATION

FontID: 06838VEN
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santiago (?)
Country Name: Spain
Location: Soria, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located 32 km from Soria capital
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Described by Huerta Huerta (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. In García Gómez (2007) as a Romanesque font abandoned in precarious circumstances. Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) with reference to the Romanesque font at Peñalver, in nearby Guadalajara province.

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
Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2009
García Gómez, Francisco José, "Pilas bautismales románicas en la provincia de Soria", 57, 101, Celtiberia, 2007, pp. [315]-358; r["References"]