Posada de Valdeon / Posada de Valdeón / Eione?

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B01: inscription

Scene Description: [cf. Inscription notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 07270VAL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Eulalia
Church Patron Saints: St. Eulalia of Mérida
Country Name: Spain
Location: León, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located in the Valle de Valdeón, in the Mancomunidad Montaña de Riaño, in the northern reaches of León, towards the border with Asturias
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1158
Century and Period: 12th century (mid), Romanesque
Described in the local website of the village as a monolithic goblet-shaped baptismal font of the Romanesque period bearing a Latin inscription [source: www.montariano.com]. A footnote in Ruiz de la Peña (2002: 191 fn535) cites E. Rodríguez Díaz' Valdeon, p.109ff) as the source for the inscription on this font: it bears the names of the donors, Juan Giménez and Doña Estefanía, and the date of the donation, 1158. [NB: this footnote refers to the church as "Santa Eulalia de Eione, en territorio de Valdeón"]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: goblet-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: A footnote in Ruiz de la Peña (2002: 191 fn535) cites E. Rodríguez Díaz' Valdeon, p.109ff) as the source for the inscription on this font: it bears the names of the donors, Juan Giménez and Doña Estefanía, and the date of the donation, 1158.
Inscription Location: on the sides
Inscription Text: [text not available]
Inscription Source: Ruiz de la Peña (2002: 191 fn535) cites E. Rodríguez Díaz' Valdeon, p.109ff)

REFERENCES

Ruiz de la Peña González, Isabel, Arquitectura religiosa medieval en el espacio oriental de Asturias (siglos XII-XVI), Oviedo: Real Instituto de Estudios Asturianos, 2000