Ucero No. 1
Image copyright © Juan José Fedrigotti, 2003
Permission received (email 13/9/2003)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan José Fedrigotti, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph 2003 by Juan José Fedrigotti [www.posadadelcanonigo.es]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (email 13/9/2003)
design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan José Fedrigotti, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph 2003 by Juan José Fedrigotti [www.posadadelcanonigo.es]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (email 13/9/2003)
design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan José Fedrigotti, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph 2003 by Juan José Fedrigotti [www.posadadelcanonigo.es]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (email 13/9/2003)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08731UCE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista de Ucero
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Address: Calle Gral. Yague, 17, 42317 Ucero, Soria, Spain
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SO-920, about 15 km N of Burgo de Osma
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Font Notes:
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Noted in García Gómez (2007) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period with a cylindrical basin decorated with round arches. Baptismal font of the Romanesque period; monolithic tub-shaped basin, almost cylindrical in shape; the sides are divided in two registers, up and down, each with a roll moulding at the top and a number of round arches creating two blind arcades around the basin side; the lines of the arches are quite pronounced, in high relief and resembling the mouldings themselves. Listed and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/soria_UCERO.pdf] [accessed 16 June 2025]: "En el momento de transición de época románica a gótica creemos que se puede situar la pila bautismal, una tosca pieza troncocónica, casi cilíndrica, tallada en piedra caliza con una altura vista de 83 cm y un diámetro de 117 cm. Su decoración consiste en un bocel en la embocadura y en dos series de arcos de medio punto, separados por un listel y coincidiendo los apoyos de los superiores con las claves de los inferiores. De todas las bautismales sorianas la que más se le parece es una que se conserva en el Museo de la concatedral de San Pedro, de traza bastante distinta pero de
forma similar, y semejante distribución de las arcuaciones."
forma similar, y semejante distribución de las arcuaciones."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan José Fedrigotti, of Posada del Canónigo, Burgo de Osma [www.posadadelcanonigo.es] for the image of this font. 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 495724 4618365
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.717072, -3.0514
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 43′ 1.46″ N, 3° 3′ 5.04″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: tub-shaped, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 117 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 83 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. 337