Villabuena No. 2
INFORMATION
FontID: 16644VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Bartolomé [in ruins]
Church Patron Saints: St. Bartholomew
Country Name: Spain
Location: Soria, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the N-122, ENE of Calatañazor
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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Described in Circulo Romanico [http://www.circuloromanico.com/diccionarios.php?glos_id=3570] [accessed 6 June 2010]: hemispheric basin with a moulding at the upper rim; below, a pattern of ribs with crosses, rosettes, a spear, a chalice, etc. ["En el interior, encontramos una pila bautismal de copa semiesférica decorada con bocel en al embocadura y frente dividido en dos zonas: la superior lisa y la inferior con gallones, en los que se suceden piñas, rosetas, cruces, un báculo estriado, una lanza, un pico, un caliz y un pez y una serpiente."]
García Gómez (2007) has [Villabuena 2"] one of three Romanesque fonts in Villabuena [cf. Index entries]; this one decorated with an arcade of round arches on plain supports, and saw-tooth motif. [NB: not clear whether or not this is the same font -- TO BE RESOLVED]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round