Matamorisca

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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - columns with capitals
design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - columns with capitals
design element - motifs - moulding
view of church exterior in context - northeast view

Scene Description: the church and adjacent churchyard can be seen in the bottom-left corner of the image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rubén Ojeda [Rodelar], 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 August 2011 by Rubén Ojeda [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Matamorisca_vista_aerea.jpg] [accessed 17 May 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0-ES
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INFORMATION
FontID: 01248MAT
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: 34810 Matamorisca, Palencia, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Palencia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located W of the N-611, 8 km from and in the municipality of Aguilar de Campoo
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Palencia
Historical Region: Comarca de la Montaña Palentina
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the altar, S side [formerly inside a baptistry on the S side]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Carmen Baena for the additional photograph of this font
Church Notes: St. Eustace depicted on apse wall mural (15-16th century); circumcision of Christ depicted on apse wall with Last Judgement scene and four Evangelists [cf. Fidel González' Las Pinturas medievales del Norte de Palencia [www.montaña-palentina.com/rutas/Pinturas goticas.html] [accessed 17 May 2017] for an illustrated essay on the mural paintings of this church, and other related churches in the neighbourhood]. A set of photographs of this church by 'Jesús', including the paintings can be seen at www.flickr.com/photos/rabiespierre/sets/72157605301922094/ [accessed 17 May 2017].
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in Bilbao (1996) and in García Guinea (1998): baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the sides of the basin are ornamented with two blind arcades of round arches, one above the other. Round base. Noted in Martín Jiménez (2008) On-site notes: the lower base is not the original; some of the iron staples of the old cover are still evident in the rim; one of the staples has caused the stone to split.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 392884 4744220
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 17-18 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 82-84 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 117-119 cm*
Basin Depth: 50 cm*
Basin Total Height: 74 cm*
Height of Base: 23 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 97 cm* / 99 cm**
Notes on Measurements: BSI / **[Bilbao (1996: 303) and García Guinea (1998:378)]
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
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