Losana nr. Retortillo de Soria

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

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

INFORMATION

FontID: 16109LOS
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Natividad de la Santísima Virgen
Church Patron Saints: The Nativity of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Soria, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: in the municipality of Retortillo de Soria
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century (early?), Late Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
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. The Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) notes a number of similar late-Romanesque baptismal fonts that include the one in rhe church of Santa María del Rey, in Atienza, province of Guadalajara, and those at Losana, Hoz de Arriba, Torrevicente and Peralejo de los Escuderos, in nearby Soria province.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2009
García Gómez, Francisco José, "Pilas bautismales románicas en la provincia de Soria", 57, 101, Celtiberia, 2007, pp. [315]-358; r["References"]