Morcuera

Results: 4 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

BBU01: human figure - male - fighting a quadruped

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

BBU02: design element - architectural - arch-head - round

BBU03: design element - motifs - sawtooth

INFORMATION

FontID: 16565MOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Soria, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the N-110, ENE of Ayllon, in the municipality of San Esteban de Gormaz [Coordinates: 41° 34′ 0″ N, 3° 12′ 0″ W 41.566667°, -3.2°] [Diocese of Osma, Archidiocese of Burgos]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
Described in García Gómez (2007) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period decorated with a ribbed pattern of mixed flat and round ribs on the sides of the basin; above, a band composed of arch-heads, saw-tooth, and a figural scene of a human fighting (?) a quadruped; of crude workmanship.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
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