Velilla de la Sierra

Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2005

Image and permission received (e-mail 24/4/2003)

Results: 6 records

BBU01: symbol - cross - Greek - Maltese - in a circle - 2

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2005

Image Source: Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail 24/4/2003)

BBU02: animal - mammal - lion?

Scene Description: crudely rendered; faces left; tail over the back

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2005

Image Source: Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail 24/4/2003)

BBU03: symbol - chrismon

Scene Description: crudely rendered

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2005

Image Source: Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail 24/4/2003)

BBU04: inscription

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2005

Image Source: 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: Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail 24/4/2003)

view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2005

Image Source: Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail 24/4/2003)

INFORMATION

FontID: 06912VEL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de las Nieves
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Soria, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located about 5 km W of Garray, just N of Soria capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Pedro Maon
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, for the photographs of this font
Described by Rodríguez Montañés in Soria románica (2000) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period decorated with crudely rendered 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.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: García Gómez (2007: 324)
Inscription Location: on the upper basin side, to the right of the chrismon
Inscription Text: "PEDRO MAON ME FECIT"

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"]