Tarancuena / Tarancueña

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

BBU01: design element - architectural - arch-head - round

LB01: design element - motifs - moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 15771TAR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Soria, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Retortillo de Soria, Caracena area, 82 km from Soria capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: the fonts at Hoz de Arriba, Losana, Peralejo de los Escuderos, etc., in the same area
Noted in García Gómez (2007) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period decorated with a ribbed pattern below a row of round arch-heads; on a moulded lower base. Valle Barreda (2009) mentions a similarity with the fonts at Aguilera, Losana (Soria) and Hontoria del Pinar (Burgos).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

García Gómez, Francisco José, "Pilas bautismales románicas en la provincia de Soria", 57, 101, Celtiberia, 2007, pp. [315]-358; r["References"]
Valle Barreda, César del, Todo el románico de Burgos, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, 2009