Palacios de la Sierra No. 2 / Palaçios de la Sierra

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design element - motifs - ball - 4

Scene Description: a ball at each corner of the square lower base

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design element - motifs - flat moulding

Scene Description: we have no information on the metal container inside the basin

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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design element - motifs - vine - grape - 4

Scene Description: Large grape vine at each cardinal point bearing four bunches of fruit

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design element - patterns - scalloped

Scene Description: several large scallops around the underbowl

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view of basin

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view of basin - interior

Scene Description: no drain apparent

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font in context

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the font in the context of a lapidarium arranged inside Santa Eulalia's church

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view of object

Scene Description: one of several objects originally from Santa Olalla's church and the nearby necropolis

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view of object

Scene Description: one of several objects originally from Santa Olalla's church and the nearby necropolis

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Image Source: digital photograph 24 November by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00633PAL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Eulalia
Church Patron Saints: St. Eulalia of Mérida
Church Location: Calle Santa. María, 0, 09680 Palacios de la Sierra, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the confluence of roads BU-V-8229, BU-V-8222 and CL-117, about 15 km ESE of Salas de los Infantes, 70-75 km SE of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de La Demanda y Pinares
Font Location in Church: Inside the Santa Eulalia church, beneath the W gallery, N side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for the photographs of this font. 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
Described and illustrated in Bilbao (1996: fig. 19, p. 99, 286) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period; this font, located now in the church of Santa Eulalia, beneath the gallery, north side, was originally at the nearby castle [cf. infra]; the basin is hemispherical with extended vertical sides and is ornamented with four large grape vines, one to each cardinal point, each bearing four bunches of grapes (?). Very small base; the square lower base has a ball at each angle. The entry for this village in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_PALACIOS_DE_LA_SIERRA.pdf] [accessed 25 November 2021] reckons this font is originally from the disappeared church of Santa Olalla, the ruins of which are near the castle site [cf. supra]; this font was eventually moved to the parish church of Santa Eulalia, to a lapidarium located at the west end of the nave ["pila bautismal hoy conservada en el depósito lapidario de la parroquial sito bajo el coro, donde se recogieron igualmente numerosas estelas de la necrópolis adyacente. De copa semiesférica, casi cilíndrica, mide 84 cm de diámetro por 61 cm de altura y se decora con un listel en la embocadura, banda inferior de grandes semibezantes y cuatro grandes vides de cuyas ramas penden pesados racimos a modo de piñas. Se alza sobre una basa de 27 cm de altura, con perfil ático con bolas y sobre fino plinto." The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed March 2023] mentions two fonts in its church: "La pila es románica, con cenefa decorada y gallones y pie cilíndrico con molduras. (Hay otra con racimos de uvas)." [cf. BSI entry for Palacios de la Sierra No. 1 for the other medieval font in this church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 488952 4646084

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 85 cm* / 84 cm**
Basin Total Height: 61 cm**
Height of Base: 27 cm**
Font Height (with Plinth): 87 cm* / 88 cm [calculated]
Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996: 286) / ** Enciclopedia del románico

REFERENCES

Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996