Osornillo
Results: 5 records
B01: human figure - male - standing - hands crossed at the chest
Scene Description: a male figure has hands crossed at the chest
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Miguel Angel García Guinea, 1998
Image Source: García Guinea (1998: 396)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
B01: design element - architectural - arcade
Scene Description: Nine arches, four of which contain a scene [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Miguel Angel García Guinea, 1998
Image Source: García Guinea (1998: 396)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
BS01: symbol - cross - in a circle
Scene Description: one of several symbols and motifs decorating the spandrels of the arcade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Miguel Angel García Guinea, 1998
Image Source: García Guinea (1998: 396)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
BS02: design element - motifs - floral - in a circle
Scene Description: one of several symbols and motifs decorating the spandrels of the arcade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Miguel Angel García Guinea, 1998
Image Source: García Guinea (1998: 396)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02151OSO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Itero Seco?
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Cristóbal
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, N side, near the altar[ (formerly under the gallery]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Christopher
Site Location: Palencia, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located just E of the N-611, 7-8 km SE of Osorno
Font Notes:
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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; p. 83ff
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996, p. 204, 214, 304
- García Guinea, Miguel Angel, Románico en Palencia: guía, Palencia: Excma. Diputación de Palencia, Dpto. de Cultura, 1998, p. 396, 397
- Martín González, J.J., Inventario Artístico de Palencia y su Provincia, Madrid: Servicio de Publicaciones del Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia, 1977-1980, vol. 2: 124
- Martín Jiménez, Carlos A., Las mejores rutas por el románico de Palencia, Trobajo del Camino, León: EDILESA, 2008, p. 94 and ill. on p. 95
- 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, p. 84