Velilla de la Sierra

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph 2003 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail 24/4/2003)

inscription

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symbol - cross - Greek - Maltese - in a circle - 2

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph 2003 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
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animal - mammal - lion - passant

Scene Description: crudely rendered; faces left; tail over the back
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph 2003 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail 24/4/2003)

view of basin's top

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph 2003 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail 24/4/2003)

symbol - chrismon

Scene Description: crudely rendered
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph 2003 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail 24/4/2003)

INFORMATION

Font ID: 06912VEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Pedro Maon / Pedro Marron
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de las Nieves
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: Romanesque church modified 17th and 18thC
Church Address: 42189 Velilla de la Sierra, Soria, Spain
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SO-P-1001, about 5 km W of Garray, 15 km NW of Soria capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Burgos
Font Notes:
Described by Rodríguez Montañés in Soria románica (2000) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period decorated with quadrupeds and birds. Noted in García Gómez (2007) as a font decorated with a crude "crismón", and an inscription with the maker's name. This symbol is also reported by Angel Almazán in the Revista de Soria nº 24,1999 [source: web.jet.es/sotabur/crismon.htm] and clearly illustrated in J. A. Olañeta's www.claustro.com This site shows the bucket shaped font ornamented with [L-->R]: two Maltese crosses inscribed in circles, a quadruped [probably meant to be a lion], a chrismon and an inscription. The font has been badly damaged and shows signs of repair at various spots. Listed and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/soria_VELILLA_DE_LA_SIERRA.pdf] [accessed 13 May 2025]: "pila bautismal de forma troncocónica (105 cm de diámetro × 70 cm de altura) tallada en un bloque de piedra arenisca. En el tercio superior se desarrolla una interesante decoración incisa de factura muy tosca, en la que se representan distintos círculos en los que se inscriben cruces patadas, una hexapétala y un curioso crismón con el alfa y la omega dispuestos en orden invertido. Se completa su ornato con dos cuadrúpedos, una gallinácea y una inscripción en la que puede leerse el nombre del supuesto autor: Pedro Marron me fecid. Aunque dicha pila ha sido catalogada como románica, hemos de señalar que la grafía que presentan algunos caracteres de dicha inscripción parece más propia de un momento posterior, tal vez del siglo XIV o XV."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, for the photographs of this font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 549724 4628731
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.808889, -2.401389
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 48′ 32″ N, 2° 24′ 5″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 105 cm*
Basin Total Height: 70 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Enciclopedia del románico [cf. FontNotes]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: on the basin side, to the right of the chrismon
Inscription Text: "PEDRO MAON ME FECIT" / "PEDRO MARRON ME FECID"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

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. 73
  • 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. 323-324