Cubo de la Sierra

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 16673CUB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santo Tomás Apóstol
Font Location in Church: Inisde the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Thomas the Apostle
Church Address: 42167 Cubo de la Sierra, Soria
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-111, 20 km from Soria capital, in the municipality of Almarza
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Historical Region: Sexmo de Tera, Comunidad de Villa y Tierra de Soria
Font Notes:
Noted in García Gómez (2007) as a noteworthy baptismal font of the Romanesque period. Noted and illustrated in the The Enclopedia del románico... (2002- ) and in Huerta Huerta (2012). The bucket-shaped basin is decorated with a roll moulding at the upper rim; below it is an acanthus vine; farther down is an arcade of intersecting round arch-heads with beaded pattern.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 4640645 546439

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 107 cm*
Basin Total Height: 86 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 86 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [The Enclopedia del románico... (2002- ): Soria, p. 411]

REFERENCES

  • García Gómez, Francisco José, "Pilas bautismales románicas en la provincia de Soria", 57, 101, Celtiberia, 2007, pp. [315]-358; p. 336
  • Huerta Huerta, Pedro Luís, Todo el románico de Soria, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2012, p. 20, 125