Villartoso

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07877VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Credo font
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Benito
Font Location in Church: Inside, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Benedict [aka Benet]
Church Address: 42173 Villartoso, Soria, Spain
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SO-P-1103, in the municipality of Santa Cruz de Yanguas, 47 km N of Soria capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Font Notes:
Noted in García Gómez (2007) as a Romanesque font decorated with ribbed pattern. Described in Rodríguez Montañés, in his "Panorama general del arte románico en Soria" [http://inicia.es/de/FSMLR/panorama.htm] as a Romanesque baptismal font of the late 12th century bearing the fragment of an inscription [the remaining text, "QUI CREDIDERIT E" is probably the Mark 16:16 text found on some fonts: "Qui crediderit, et baptizatus fuerit, salvus erit : qui vero non crediderit, condemnabitur" = "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned." or variations of the same]. García Gómez (2007) notes the inscription as well. Listed and illustrated in the entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/soria_VILLARTOSO.pdf] [accessed 20 May 2025]: "a los pies del edificio se conserva un interesante ejemplar de pila bautismal de esta época. Realizada en un bloque de caliza, presenta copa semiesférica de 87 cm de diámetro y 48 cm de altura, sobre tenante moldurado con triple bocel de 25 cm de alto y basamento circular de fábrica, escalonado. La copa muestra su frente gallonado, como otras muchas de la provincia, tales las de Ciruela o la profusamente decorada de Aldealseñor, y un bocelillo en el interior, junto a la embocadura. En ésta, y grabada en caracteres de fines del siglo XII o inicios del XIII, corre la incompleta inscripción: QVI CREDIDERIT E… El texto de esta invocatio, pese a su carácter fragmentario, corresponde sin duda al pasaje del final del evangelio de Marcos 16, 16: Qui crediderit, et baptizatus fuerit, salvus erit; qui vero non crediderit, condemnabitur, es decir, “el que creyere y fuere bautizado, se salvará; el que no creyere, se condenará”, texto especialmente conveniente al carácter del soporte."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 546313 4655592
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.051014, -2.440336
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 3′ 3.65″ N, 2° 26′ 25.21″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 87 cm*
Basin Total Height: 48 cm*
Height of Base: 25 cm*
Basin Lower Panel Dimensions: 73 cm [calculated]
Notes on Measurements: * Enciclopedia del románico [cf. FontNotes]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: on the uppe rim of the basin
Inscription Text: 'QVI CREDIDERIT E[...]"
Inscription Notes: Only a fragment remains of the Mark 16:16 text
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.
  • García Gómez, Francisco José, "Pilas bautismales románicas en la provincia de Soria", 57, 101, Celtiberia, 2007, pp. [315]-358; p. 330