Loma nr. Valdolea / La Loma / Santa Olalla de La Loma
Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2016
Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 26 June 2016)
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2016 by Txaro Irigoien
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 26 June 2016)
view of basin - detail
Scene Description: the upper rim of the basin, with its two metal staples from an old font cover; the shape of the inner well rim was carved to fit a square cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 23 May 2016 by Txaro Irigoien
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 26 June 2016)
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paula Guillot, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 August 2010 by Paula [http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4908273954_9ae237af90.jpg] [accessed 26 June 2016]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2016 by Txaro Irigoien
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 26 June 2016)
view of church interior - baptistery
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2016 by Txaro Irigoien
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 26 June 2016)
view of church interior - chancel - painting - detail
Scene Description: Gothic paintings of the 15thC by the 'Maestro de San Felices de Castillería'
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paula Guillot, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by Paula [www.flickr.com/photos/paulayjesus/4905178567] [accessed 26 June 2016]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church interior - chancel - painting
Scene Description: Gothic paintings of the 15thC by the 'Maestro de San Felices de Castillería'
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paula Guillot, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 August 2010 by Paula [www.flickr.com/photos/paulayjesus/4908267260] [accessed 26 June 2016]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
design element - patterns - arcade
Scene Description: or fretwork -- this base may not have been originally part of the font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 23 May 2016 by Txaro Irigoien
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 26 June 2016)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 20635LOM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Cognate Fonts: the font at Salcedillo, in the same area
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Eulalia [aka Santa Olalla]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Eulalia of Mérida
Church Notes: original church consecrated 1174; present church chiefly 13thC with Gothic paintings of the 15thC by the 'Maestro de San Felices de Castillería' [cf. https://www.turismodecantabria.com/disfrutala/que-visitar/87-iglesia-de-santa-eulalia [accesed 26 June 2016]
Church Address: 39418 La Loma, Cantabria, Spain
Site Location: Cantabria, Cantabria, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located of (N) the CA-833, in the municipality of, and 8 km from Valdolea, 8 km NNW of Mataporquera, 100 km SSW of Santander capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Santander
Historical Region: provincia de Santander
Additional Comments: altered font? / composite font? (the lower base appears to be a later addition)
Font Notes:
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Stone baptismal font consisting of a square basin with plain tapering sides raised on a short square base decorated with an arcade or fretwork on the sides, a base that is at odds with the basin and is probably a much later addition; the iner well of the basin is square and it was carve to accommodate a flat square font cover; the upper rim of the basin retains two metal staples at opposite ends for the anchoring of the old cover. No cover present. Listed and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico
[https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/cantabria_LA_LOMA.pdf] [accessed 15 May 2025]: "pila bautismal de embocadura
cuadrada, sin decoración, que apoya sobre tambor cilíndrico acanalado, que acaba en un bajo plinto rectangular con lengüetas. Tal vez pudiera corresponderse con una inscripción en la que consta la fecha de consagración de una vieja iglesia, en 1174, hallada en la sacristía" [NB: the inscription actually bears the 'Era' date of 1212, i.e, AD 1174].
[https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/cantabria_LA_LOMA.pdf] [accessed 15 May 2025]: "pila bautismal de embocadura
cuadrada, sin decoración, que apoya sobre tambor cilíndrico acanalado, que acaba en un bajo plinto rectangular con lengüetas. Tal vez pudiera corresponderse con una inscripción en la que consta la fecha de consagración de una vieja iglesia, en 1174, hallada en la sacristía" [NB: the inscription actually bears the 'Era' date of 1212, i.e, AD 1174].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Txaro Irigoien for her photographs of this font, and to Paula Guillot for her photographs of this church, We are also grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 401900 4754254
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.934606, -4.202281
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 56′ 4.58″ N, 4° 12′ 8.21″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.