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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed - concave

BBU01: design element - motifs - vine

INFORMATION

FontID: 16541BAR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Bartolomé

Church Patron Saints: St. Bartholomew

Country Name: Spain

Location: Soria, Castilla y León

Directions to Site: Located SW of Calatañazor [NB: not the same as Barbolla, in Segovia prov.]

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]

Font Notes: Click to view

García Gómez (2007) notes that the font at Calatañazor served as the model for the fonts at Nafría la Llana, La Barbolla, La Cuenca, Torreblanco, etc, all in Soria province; decorated with concave ribbed pattern; the font has a vine above the ribbing.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: round

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

García Gómez, Francisco José, "Pilas bautismales románicas en la provincia de Soria", 57, 101, Celtiberia, 2007, pp. [315]-358; p. 329, 332