Villabuena No. 1

Results: 2 records

BBU01: design element - motifs

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

R01: design element - motifs - moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 16643VIL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Miguel Arcángel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Spain
Location: Soria, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the N-122, ENE of Calatañazor
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: the font at Pedraza de Soria
Noted in García Gómez (2007) as [Villabuena 1"] one of three Romanesque fonts in Villabuena [cf. Index entries]; this one he describes as practically identical to the font at Pedraza de Soria, but without the inscription with the name of the commissioner or stone mason present in the latter. The font has a moulding at the upper rim, and a vine or ondulating line below, otherwise plain.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
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; r["References"]