Osornillo

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B01: design element - architectural - arcade

Scene Description: Nine arches, four of which contain a scene [cf. Font notes]

Image Source: García Guinea (1998: 396)

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B01: human figure - male - standing - hands crossed at the chest

Scene Description: a male figure has hands crossed at the chest

Image Source: García Guinea (1998: 396)

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B02: human figure - male - standing - holding book

Scene Description: a male figure holding a book

BS01: symbol - cross - in a circle

Scene Description: one of several symbols and motifs decorating the spandrels of the arcade

Image Source: García Guinea (1998: 396)

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BS02: design element - motifs - floral - in a circle

Scene Description: one of several symbols and motifs decorating the spandrels of the arcade

Image Source: García Guinea (1998: 396)

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02151OSO

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Cristóbal

Church Patron Saints: St. Christopher

Country Name: Spain

Location: Palencia, Castilla y León

Directions to Site: Located just E of the N-611, 7-8 km SE of Osorno

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, N side, near the altar[ (formerly under the gallery]

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Cognate Fonts: Itero Seco?

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in Martín González (1977- ). Described in Bilbao (1996); described and illustrated in García Guinea (1998): baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the basin sides have nine arches, four of which house a scene now badly mutilated and difficult to identify; two male figures, one has the hands crossed at the chest, the other holds a book, are still distinguishible; Bilbao (ibid.) suggests this is a scene of adult baptism, similar to the one depicted on the font of Itero Seco, also in Palencia province. Listed in Sancho Campo (2002). Noted and illustrated in Martín Jiménez (2008).

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 394329 4691286

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: bucket-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Diameter (includes rim): 110 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 83 cm *[85 cm]

Notes on Measurements: Bilbao (1996: 304) *[García Guinea (1998: 397)]

REFERENCES

Bilbao López, Garbiñe, "La representación del bautismo de los adultos en la pilas románicas de Itero Seco y Osornillo (Palencia)", 67 (1996), PITTM, 1996, pp. 79-[888; r["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 González, J.J., Inventario Artístico de Palencia y su Provincia, Madrid: Servicio de Publicaciones del Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia, 1977-1980

Martín Jiménez, Carlos A., Las mejores rutas por el románico de Palencia, Trobajo del Camino, León: EDILESA, 2008

Sancho Campo, Angel, "Arqueología de los siglos románicos en el ámbito de la actual provincia de Palencia", Palencia en los siglos del románico, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real - C.E.R., 2002