Losana nr. Retortillo de Soria

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 16109LOS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early?), Late Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Natividad de la Santísima Virgen, Losana
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Nativity of St. Mary
Church Address: Pl. Pl., 11, 42315 Losana, Soria, Spain
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SO-P-4121, in the municipality and 8-9 km W of Retortillo de Soria
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Font Notes:
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.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 492768 4572681
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.305556, -3.086389
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 18′ 20″ N, 3° 5′ 11″ W

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, vol. 1: 192
  • García Gómez, Francisco José, "Pilas bautismales románicas en la provincia de Soria", 57, 101, Celtiberia, 2007, pp. [315]-358; p. 331