Lomba / La Lomba
Results: 4 records
B01: human figure - head
B02: design element - motifs - plant
B03: design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: a row of them all around, very small
UB01: design element - motifs - rope moulding
Scene Description: at the upper end of the stem
INFORMATION
FontID: 07077LOM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Santo Tomás
Church Patron Saints: St. Thomas
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cantabria, Cantabria
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Campoo de Suso
Historical Region: Santander province
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in Calderón Escalada (1971: p. between pp. 40-41) as a goblet-shaped baptismal font of the Romanesque period; there is a human head and a plant (?) motif on the side of the basin; below them, a row of tiny ball motif. The stem of the base is very short and topped by a rope moulding. The plinth or lower base is circular and has the same tiny ball motif on its upper surface.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round (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