Osonilla
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 16392OSO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Osonilla [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: C. Recta-Osonilla, 15, 42291 Tardelcuende, Soria, Spain
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the SO-100, in the municipality and 4 km W of Tardelcuende, 5 km ENE of Osona, 25 km SE of Soria capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Additional Comments: disused font
Font Notes:
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Noted in García Gómez (2007) as one of group of Romanesque fonts in Soria province kept in very poor conditions and in danger of total destruction; this particular one is in the ruins of the church; the basin is decorated with a band of saw-tooth, and an arcade of round arches on double torsade columns below. [NB: this church may (soon?) be included in the province's programme to rescue abandoned Romanesque churches]. Baptismal font listed and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/soria_OSONILLA.pdf] [accessed 31 August 2025]: "al fondo de la nave se halla la pila bautismal, un vaso troncocónico de arenisca, de 85 cm de altura y 115 cm de diámetro, dispuesto sobre basamento circular. Se decora con cenefa dentada bajo la que se disponen doce arquillos de medio punto, de perfil sogueado. El mismo tipo lo encontramos también en Carbonera de Frentes, Los Villares, Alconaba, Los Llamosos, Villabuena y Rollamienta, aunque las de Villaciervitos y Cascajosa son las dos más parecidas."
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 526720 4603784
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.5853, -2.67944
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 35′ 7.08″ N, 2° 40′ 45.98″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 115 cm*
Basin Total Height: 85 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Enciclopedia del románico
REFERENCES
- Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.
- García Gómez, Francisco José, "Pilas bautismales románicas en la provincia de Soria", 57, 101, Celtiberia, 2007, pp. [315]-358; p. 325, 328, 338, 340, 355