Diustes / Las Yustes

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07883DIU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de los Santos Justo y Pastor de Diustes
Font Location in Church: Inside, beneath the former W gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): Santos Justo y Pastor de Diustes
Church Address: Calle Prado, 2, 42172 Diustes, Soria, Spain
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SO-660, in the municipality of Villar del Rio, 50 km N of Soria capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Font Notes:
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. Listed and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/soria_DIUSTES.pdf] [accessed 20 May 2025]: "A los pies del templo, bajo el antiguo coro elevado, se conserva un ejemplar de pila bautismal de tipología románica, labrada en un bloque de arenisca. Su copa, de forma troncocónica, tiene 96 cm de diámetro × 65 cm de altura y decora su borde con un deteriorado bocel sogueado y el frente con un friso de grandes rosetas hexapétalas incisas."
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 548438 4661539
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.104444, -2.414167
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 6′ 16″ N, 2° 24′ 51″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 96 cm*
Basin Total Height: 65 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Enciclopedia del románico [cf. FontNotes]