Cuenca in Golmayo / La Cuenca

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

BBU01: design element - motifs

vine or nail-head? or both?
Scene Description: vine or nail-head? or both?

INFORMATION

FontID: 06925CUE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Soria, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Golmayo, 24 km WSW of Soria capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated by Rodríguez Montañés in Soria románica (2001) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period decorated with ribbed pattern or arches on the lower part of the basin. García Gómez (2007) notes that the font at Calatañazor served as the model for the fonts at Nafría la Llana, La Barbolla, La Cuenca, Torreblanco, etc, all in Soria province.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

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; p. 319, 332