Soria No. 3
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B01: human figure - female - 4
Scene Description: they may be winged; at 90-degree angles holding the garland
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B02: design element - motifs - garland
Scene Description: all around
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B03: design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal
Scene Description: all around, under the garland
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BBL01: angel - head - 4
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BBU01: design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: a band all around
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BBU02: design element - patterns - crenellated
Scene Description: all around
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LB01: design element - motifs - panel
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LB02: design element - motifs - moulding
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R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding - taped
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INFORMATION
FontID: 07050SOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Juan de Rabanera
Church Patron Saints: St. John
Country Name: Spain
Location: Soria, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located in Soria capital, in the Calle de Caballeros, near El Collado
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font probably of the 16th or 17th century, in the Renaissance style. The basin is quasi hemispheric, its sides ornamented with an upper roll moulding under which runs a band of foliated motif and a simple crenellation; the rest of the basin side and the underbowl are covered in diagonally arranged ribbed pattern; a protruding garland held by four (?) naked figures surrounds the basin towards its middle; the underbowl has angel heads below those figures; the base is a square pedestal with arches on the upper half and cartouche motif on the lower; towards the bottom it splays out with two mouldings. [NB: the church dates back to the late 12th century, but we have no information on the earlier font -- Garcia Gomez (2007) mentions a font from San Nicolias de Soria 'emplazada en San Juan de Rabanera, decorated with arches that have beaded-tape motif on them, but it cannot be this font -- is there a second, earlier font in this church?]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
García Gómez, Francisco José, "Pilas bautismales románicas en la provincia de Soria", 57, 101, Celtiberia, 2007, pp. [315]-358; p. 340