Brias No. 2 / Brías

Results: 3 records

B01: human figure - face, head or mask?

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

B02: design element - motifs - foliage

UB01: design element - motifs - rope moulding

around the column cluster of the base
Scene Description: around the column cluster of the base

INFORMATION

FontID: 06929BRI
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Igleisa Parroquial de San Juan Bautista
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: Spain
Location: Soria, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Berlanga de Duero
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Peroniel, Alpanseque, etc., in the same province
Church Notes: the church building is Baroque, but the stoup and font are believed to be from the earlier church
Font Notes:
Described by Huerta Huerta in Soria románica (2000) as a holy-water stoup of the Romanesque period; the base is described as a cluster of constructional columns ornamented with rope moulding. The basin is believed to be a former capital hollowed out for use as holy-water stoup; the sides haves masks or faces, and there are stylised leaves at the angles. [cf. Index entry for Brias No.1 for a baptismal font of the same period in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square

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