Matalebreras

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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - columns - columns with capitals

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design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: rope moulding? very worn now [cf. Font notes]
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design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 16385MAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 15th century (?), Medieval?
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Apóstol, Matalebreras
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, on the S side of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: present church 16th and 18thC
Church Address: Plaza Iglesia, 1, 42113 Matalebreras, Soria, Spain
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-122, 9 km W of Ágreda, 40 km E of Soria capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Font Notes:
Baptismal font of uncertain date listed and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/soria_MATALEBRERAS.pdf] [accessed 31 August 2025]: "En una de las capillas cupuladas dieciochescas añadidas al costado meridional del templo se conserva una pila bautismal de traza románica, aunque sospechamos que de muy tardía cronología. Presenta copa semiesférica, de 123 cm de diámetro y unos 55 cm de altura, decorada con banda incisa de dientes de sierra en la embocadura, una cenefa superior de ondas también incisas y bajo ella un friso de arquería de medio punto en rebaje, decorándose las enjutas con hojitas trifolias. Labrada a trinchante, su cronología creemos que es muy tardía." Baptismal font consisting of a round basin with tapering sides and a rounded underbowl, raised on a briad cylindrical shaft and a round-to-square lower base; the sides of the basin are decorated with a blind arcade of round (horse-shoe?) arches; there are mouldings on the stem and the lower base.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 579150 4632513
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.840556, -2.046667
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 50′ 26″ N, 2° 2′ 48″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 123 cm*
Basin Total Height: 55 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Enciclopedia del románico [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.