Villacantid

Results: 5 records

B01: human figure - female

Scene Description: to the left, right hand to her waist, left hand holding up a fleur-de-lis

B02: design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis

Scene Description: held up by a couple

B03: human figure - male

Scene Description: The right hand hods up the fleur-de-lis; the left to his waist or hip

BBU01: design element - motifs - ball

Scene Description: a row

BBU02: design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: framing the ball motifs and branching down the side

INFORMATION

FontID: 07075VIL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Santa María la Mayor
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cantabria, Cantabria
Directions to Site: From Reinosa follow the C-628 to Nestares; there make a left towards Barrio. Villacantid is halfway from there
Historical Region: Santander province
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Described and illustrated in Calderón Escalada (1971: 47 and ill. on p. opp. 44): the hemispheric basin has the sides almost vertical; a moulding frames a row of ball motif around the upper side of the basin; this moulding branches down to the sides of the main motif, a couple, female to the left, male to the right, holding up a fleur-de-lis. The stem of the base is round with a roll moulding towards its middle; the lower base is slightly splayed and also round.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

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