Hortezuela
Results: 2 records
B01: design element - architectural - arch-head - round
B02: design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis
INFORMATION
FontID: 15780HOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: Spain
Location: Soria, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located 3 km S of, and in the municipality of Berlanga de Duero
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century (early?), Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: a similar font at Bayubas de Abajo
Font Notes:
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Noted in García Gómez (2007) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period. Noted in http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hortezuela [accessed 4 December 2009] [cf. Spanish text below]. The font consists of a cylindical basin decorated with round arches, one of them with a large fleur de lis. Said to be of the early 13th century, and similar to the font at Bayubas de Abajo [="Se conserva en el interior una pila bautismal románica de copa cilíndrica decorada con arcos de medio punto, algunos ligeramente sobrepasados, y uno de ellos con una gran flor de lis. Parece de la primera mitad del XIII y es parecida a la de Bayubas de Abajo"].
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
García Gómez, Francisco José, "Pilas bautismales románicas en la provincia de Soria", 57, 101, Celtiberia, 2007, pp. [315]-358; p. 337