Ausejo de la Sierra

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 15784AUS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Ausejo de la Sierra
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: Calle Despoblado, 1, 42172 Ausejo de la Sierra, Soria, Spain -- Tel.: +34 975 24 06 58
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SO-115, 19 km NNE of Soria capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Additional Comments: abandoned font - disused font
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in García Gómez (2007) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period, abandoned in precarious circumstances. The font is a bucket-shaped basin decorated with a blind arcade of round arches on its sides; appears to rest directly on the ground [NB: there may be other ornamentation on it but the source image is too poor to discern detail]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 551939 4638277
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.894722, -2.373889
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 53′ 41″ N, 2° 22′ 26″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
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. 321, 325