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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Francisco José García Gómez, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Francisco José García Gómez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 8 September 2013)
INFORMATION
FontID: 18683VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: 47134 Villasexmir, Valladolid -- Tel.: 983 335 413
Country Name: Spain
Location: Valladolid, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located the VA-VP-5603, ESE of Torrelobaton, NNW of Tordesillas, 34 km W of Valladolid capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Valladolid [formerly in the D. of Palencia]
Historical Region: Montes Torozoa / Tierra de Campos
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Francisco José García Gómez for his photograph of this font
Church Notes: church is 16thC, but recently discovered frescoes attest for an earlier church here; other evidence indicate the original church was Romanesque
Font Notes:
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The Enclopedia del románico... (2002- ) suggests that the plain hemispherical basin of large diameter may be originally from the earlier Romanesque church here. The monolithic font is a tub-shaped basin with thick tapering sides, totally plain; rests directly on the ground. A crude work.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 258443 4613130
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
REFERENCES
Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2002-