Villasexmir / Villa-Sesmil / Villasesmil

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Image Source: digital photograph taken by Francisco José García Gómez

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 18683VIL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary

Church Notes: church is 16thC, but recently discovered frescoes attest for an earlier church here; other evidence indicate the original church was Romanesque

Church Address: 47134 Villasexmir, Valladolid, Spain -- Tel.: 983 335 413

Site Location: Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe

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 Notes: Click to view

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.

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Francisco José García Gómez for his photograph of this font

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-, vol. 2: 505-506