Alparrache

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 16438ALP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Romanesque [altered]
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés, Alparrache
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: C. Real, 22, 42218 Alparrache, Soria, Spain
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the C-101, in the municipality of Tejado, 35 km from Soria capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Historical Region: Castilla la Vieja
Additional Comments: altered font (the lower end appears to be a later modification) / damaged font (on the upper rim wher a metal staple split the stone, and other spots)
Font Notes:
Noted in García Gómez (2007) as a Romanesque baptismal font decorated with a rope moulding on the upper rim. Baptismal font of the Romanesque period, of a group of Soria fonts decorated with a rope moulding around the upper rim that includes the fonts at Alparrache, Cobertelada, Matute de Almazán, Duañez, Ojuel [http://soria-virtual.com/almazan/cobertelada/gmx-niv143-con8881.htm] [accessed 25 April 2010]. The font is bucket-shaped [http://www.tejado.es/index.php/mod.pags/mem.detalle/id.57/relcategoria.1023/relmenu.174] [accessed 25 April 2010]. Baptismal font listed and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/soria_ALPARRACHE.pdf] [accessed 1 September 2025]: "Como románica podemos considerar también la pila bautismal, con el característico vaso troncocónico, aunque en este caso con un perfil ya sinuoso que sin duda delata su cronología tardía. Tiene una altura de 74 cm, aunque lo que verdaderamente corresponde al vaso son 50 cm, con un diámetro de 94 cm. Tallada en piedra arenisca, su cuerpo es liso, decorado tan sólo con un cordón sogueado cerca de la embocadura, una característica que la aproxi ma a la de Cobertelada. Otras pilas como la de Ojuel o la de Duáñez presentan igualmente un sencillo sogueado, aunque en ambos casos ocupa la misma arista de la boca del vaso."
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

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 94 cm*
Basin Total Height: 50 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 74 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.
  • García Gómez, Francisco José, "Pilas bautismales románicas en la provincia de Soria", 57, 101, Celtiberia, 2007, pp. [315]-358; p. 329