Ojuel

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 16441OJU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Apóstol, Ojuel
Font Location in Church: Inside, in the NW, beneath the gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: C. Real, 31, 42130 Ojuel, Soria, Spain
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-234, about 20 km ESE of Soria capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Historical Region: Campo de Gómara / Castilla la Vieja
Font Notes:
Noted in García Gómez (2007) as a Romanesque baptismal font of cylindrical shape decorated with just a rope moulding at the upper rim. Other such Soria fonts at Alparrache, Cobertelada, Matute de Almazán, Duañez, Ojuel [http://soria-virtual.com/almazan/cobertelada/gmx-niv143-con8881.htm] [accessed 25 April 2010]. Listed and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/soria_OJUEL.pdf] [accessed 1 September 2025]: "A los pies del templo, bajo el coro, se encuentra el baptisterio, una oscura dependencia donde se guarda una pila bautismal románica de forma casi cilíndrica y talla muy
tosca. La copa se asienta directamente sobre el pavimento de la iglesia y sólo se decora con una moldura sogueada en el borde superior."
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 560196 4618471
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.715756, -2.276358
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 42′ 56.72″ N, 2° 16′ 34.89″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: round. flat and plain

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. 327, 328