Montecillo / Montecillo de Ebro / Monteziello

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animal - reptile - snake? - 4

Scene Description: the raised motifs at the four abgles are now partially damaged and therefore it is difficult to discern whether they were just mouldings or descending reptiles

Image Source: digital photograph by Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com] [accessed 25 February 2021]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding - parallel - 2

Image Source: digital photograph 5 July 2019 by Andrés Serna López, of El Correo de las Matas [http://elcorreodelasmatas.blogspot.com]

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design element - patterns - zigzag - groove - parallel - 2

Scene Description: the zig-zag runs between two lightly incised grooves, all around

Image Source: digital photograph 5 July 2019 by Andrés Serna López, of El Correo de las Matas [http://elcorreodelasmatas.blogspot.com]

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

Scene Description: or is it a floral motif? It appears to be similar to the one on the side of the base [cf. ImageFileNo. 1210225018]

Image Source: digital photograph by Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com] [accessed 25 February 2021]

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

Scene Description: or is it a floral motif? It appears to be similar to the one on the side of the base [cf. ImageFileNo. 1210225016]

Image Source: digital photograph 5 July 2019 by Andrés Serna López, of El Correo de las Matas [http://elcorreodelasmatas.blogspot.com]

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symbol - moon

Scene Description: a/p identification in García Guinea

Image Source: digital photograph 5 July 2019 by Andrés Serna López, of El Correo de las Matas [http://elcorreodelasmatas.blogspot.com]

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symbol - sun - multi-rayed

Scene Description: there may be others around the hidden sides of the basin

Image Source: digital photograph 5 July 2019 by Andrés Serna López, of El Correo de las Matas [http://elcorreodelasmatas.blogspot.com]

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view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: notice the metal anchoring in the uppr rim, and the damage on the opposite side; also, is the greenish line across the inside of the basin a crack or just a flaw of the stone?

Image Source: digital photograph 5 July 2019 by Andrés Serna López, of El Correo de las Matas [http://elcorreodelasmatas.blogspot.com]

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view of church exterior - corbel

Image Source: digital photograph by Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com] [accessed 25 February 2021]

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view of church exterior - corbel

Image Source: digital photograph by Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com] [accessed 25 February 2021]

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view of church exterior - corbel

Image Source: digital photograph by Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com] [accessed 25 February 2021]

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view of church exterior - corbel

Image Source: digital photograph by Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com] [accessed 25 February 2021]

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view of church exterior - corbel

Image Source: digital photograph by Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com] [accessed 25 February 2021]

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view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph by Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com] [accessed 25 February 2021]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: showing the slightly pointed chancel arch

Image Source: digital photograph by Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com] [accessed 25 February 2021]

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view of font

Image Source: digital photograph by Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com] [accessed 25 February 2021]

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view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph by Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com] [accessed 25 February 2021]

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view of font in context - west side

Image Source: digital photograph 5 July 2019 by Andrés Serna López, of El Correo de las Matas [http://elcorreodelasmatas.blogspot.com]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 07016MON

Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Marcos

Church Patron Saints: St. Mark

Church Location: Barrio Montecillo, 10, 39250 Montecillo, Cantabria, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Cantabria, Cantabria

Directions to Site: Located off the CA-753, S of the BU-614 / S-614, just E of Sobrepenilla, in the municipality of Valderredible, 7 km SW of Polientes, 45-50 km E of Aguilar de Campoo

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Santander

Historical Region: Santander province

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, NE corner

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Andrés Serna López, of El Correo de las Matas [http://elcorreodelasmatas.blogspot.com] and to Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com] for their photographs of this church and font

Church Notes: early-13thC church

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Ilustrated in Calderón Escalada (1971). Described and illustrated in García Guinea (1998: 5) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period of great interest for the appearance of astral symbols on its sides: he identifies the Moon, as well as the Sun with well incised rays all around. The stone font consists of a roughly cylindrical basin with a chamfered underbowl, raised on a round-to-square base; the basin has a pair of roll mouldings below the rim; the sides have several motifs and symbols of varied sizes, some identified in GG above; towards the bottom of the side ia a zig-zag pattern between two incised grooves, all around; the round-to-square base has mouldings that may actually be reptiles at the angles, and sumbols inscribed in circles, the symbols probably Maltese crosses or floral motifs, too worn to categorically identified. There is no cover present but the upper rim shows evidence of archorings from an old cover.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 420331 4736289

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Calderón Escalada, José, Campoo: panorama histórico y etnográfico de un valle, Santander: Institución Cultural de Cantabria, Diputación Provincial, 1971

García Guinea, Miguel Angel, "Las pilas bautismales románicas de Valderrible", 11 (marzo 1998), Cuadernos de Campoo [electronic version], 1998