Lagunas de Somoza
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design element - motifs - roll moulding - parallel - 2
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design element - patterns - ribbed - geometrical
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view of church exterior - north portal
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of church interior - sculpture
Scene Description: Madonna and Child on the left; Christ in Majesty on the right; both believed to be from the 12thC church here
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view of font
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view of font in context
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INFORMATION
FontID: 10950LAG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de La Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: 24717 Lagunas de Somoza, León, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: León, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the LE-6425, in the municipality of Val de San Lorenzo, SW of Astorga
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de León
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: church 12thC on the site of a possible Visigothic/Mozarabic original church
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a roughly cylindrical pedestal base and a plain round lower base; the basin has a double roll moulding around its middle, with geometric ribbing pattern on the underbowl. No font cover present but there appears to be some evidence of anchoring damage on the upper rim.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]