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BBU01: design element - motifs - zigzag

Scene Description: all around
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BBU02: symbol - shell - pilgrim shell?

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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R01: symbol - cross - 4

Scene Description: Four crosses at the rim

R02: design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: with incised lines on both sides of it
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INFORMATION

FontID: 02154PAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María la Mayor [aka Nuestra Señora de la Natividad]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: 34407 Páramo de Boedo, Palencia, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Palencia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N-611, 6 km WSW of Herrera de Pisuerga
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W gallery
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
Described in Bilbao (1996) and in García Guinea (1998): baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the basin is ornamented with four crosses at the rim; a band of zig-zag on the side; the base is plain. Noted in Martín Jiménez (2008). The base appears to be now hidden under the flooring; the zigzag of the upper basin side stops in a stylised symbol of the pilgrim shell of St. James; there are traces of the old cover metal staples in the upper rim.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 113 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 68 cm
Notes on Measurements: Bilbao (1996: 305) and García Guinea (1998: 389)

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