Cuevas de Ayllon / Cuevas de Ayllón

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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

BBU01: design element - motifs - semicircle

INFORMATION

FontID: 16572CUE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista

Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist

Country Name: Spain

Location: Soria, Castilla y León

Directions to Site: Located on the SO-P-4010, in the municipality of Montejo de Tiermes, 7 km SE of Ayllón [Coordinates: 41° 22′ 0″ N, 3° 12′ 0″ W 41.366667°, -3.2°]

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

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

Cognate Fonts: the font at Quintanas Rubias de Arriba, for instance

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in García Gómez (2007) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period decorated with a ribbed pattern below a row of semicircles.

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. 331