Wamba No. 3 / Gérticos

INFORMATION

FontID: 19977WAM
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Santa María
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Calle La Iglesia 1, 47190 Wamba, Valladolid
Country Name: Spain
Location: Valladolid, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located 15-20 km W of Valladolid capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Valladolid
Historical Region: Comarca de los Montes Torozos
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the S aisle, against a pillar of the S arcade
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs o this stoup
Font Notes:
The second of two stoups that appear to have been re-cycled from former capitals; given the pattern of the inner basin it was probably hollowed out in the 13th or 14th century, when the concave pattern was popular in fonts and stoup; the basin is roughly square on the outside, with prtrusions at the angles that may have been heads originally but are too eroded now for any identification; it is raised on a round pedestal base and is located against a pillar of the south arcade, inside the south aisle.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.6775, -4.9163
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 40′ 39″ N, 4° 54′ 58.68″ W
UTM: 30T 340494 4615744

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: multi-lobed
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: no lining