Verguizas
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 07881VER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santo Domingo de Silos de Verguizas [abandoned; in ruins]
Font Location in Church: [moved to another locality in the village]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Dominic of Silos
Church Address: Despoblado, 42174 Verguizas, Soria, Spain
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SO-615, in the municipality of Vizmanos, 4 km SE of Santa Cruz de Yanguas, 42 km N of Soria capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Font Notes:
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Noted in García Gómez (2007) as a Romanesque font decorated with ribbed pattern, some of the ribs inscised with a cross, a cricle, lozenges, etc. 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. The font is reported as having been moved from the disused church into another village building in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/soria_VERGUIZAS.pdf] [accessed 20 May 2025]: "El único resto románico que se conserva en el pueblo es la pila bautismal, trasladada de la arruinada iglesia de Santo Domingo a un edificio comunal, donde ha sido imposible acceder. Presenta copa semiesférica, de 87 cm de diámetro × 55 cm de altura, sobre tenante circular de 18 cm y decora su frente con gallones tumbados, en dos de los cuales se grabó decoración incisa de aspas y cruces, descripción que podemos realizar gracias al magnífico trabajo de inventario realizado por la diócesis de Osma y su delegado de Patrimonio, Florentino García Llorente."
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
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 87 cm*
Basin Total Height: 55 cm*
Height of Base: 18 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 73 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Enciclopedia del románico [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. 323, 331