San Quirce de Riopisuerga / San Quirce de Rio Pisuerga / San Quirce de Río Pisuerga / San Quirici de Pisorga

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design element - motifs - braid - 2-strand

Scene Description: Source caption: "San Quirce de Riopisuerga (Palencia). Iglesia de San Miguel Árcangel. Pila bautismal"

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design element - motifs - circle

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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view of church exterior - south portal

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view of church exterior - southwest end

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00683QUI
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel Arcángel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: Carretera de Alar del Rey, 34492 San Quirce de Riopisuerga, Palencia, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Palencia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the N-611, E of the Pisuerga river and the Canal de Castilla, in the municipality of Alar del Rey, 23 km S of Aguilar de Campoo, about 60 km WNW of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Palencia
Historical Region: Comarca de Boedo-Ojeda / Cuadrilla de Amaya, Partido de Villadiego, Intendencia de Burgos
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W gallery [choir], north/left side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: present church 16thC re-building of medieval one; modified 17th, 19thC
Described in Bilbao (1996) and García Guinea (1998): baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the basin sides have flat rib design and two-thread braid with circles inside the loops. A round step (plinth?) serves as the base. Noted in Martín Jiménez (2008). The Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/palencia_SAN_QUIRCE_DE_RIOPISUERGA.pdf] [accessed 5 April 2023] reports a Romanesque font here: "Es digna de reseñar, por ser pieza románica, aunque sencillísima, la pila bautismal, exteriormente gallonada y que lleva una decoración central de sogueado grabado con círculos en cada nódulo" [no measurements given in the Enciclopedia entry].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 393222 4720519

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 130 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996: 291)

REFERENCES

Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996
García Guinea, Miguel Angel, Románico en Palencia: guía, Palencia: Excma. Diputación de Palencia, Dpto. de Cultura, 1998
Martín Jiménez, Carlos A., Las mejores rutas por el románico de Palencia, Trobajo del Camino, León: EDILESA, 2008