Pison de Castrejon No. 1 / Pisón de Castrejón

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design element - motifs - interlace - beaded tape - with flower
design element - motifs - roll moulding
design element - motifs - rope - knot

Scene Description: it is quite possible the artisan miscalculated the spacing of the interlace loops but he showed his mastery in the tie-link knot with which the gap is filled
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 2 June 1999 by BSI
design element - motifs - rope moulding
design element - motifs - varied
view of church exterior - south porch and portal
view of church exterior - south view
view of church exterior - southeast view
view of church interior - altar
view of church interior - chancel
view of church interior - nave - capital
view of church interior - nave - capital
view of church interior - nave - capital
view of font
INFORMATION
FontID: 02157PIS
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora [aka Nuestra Señora de la Asunción]
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: 34850 Castrejón de la Peña, Palencia, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Palencia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the CL-626, W of the N-611, in the municipality of, and 3 km W of Castrejón de la Peña, about 30 km W of Aguilr de Campoo
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Palencia
Historical Region: Montaña Palentina
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in an alcove or chapel, N side wall
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Cristina Sanchez de Gijon for her photographs of this church and font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in Martín González (1977- , v. 2: 134-135). Described in Bilbao (1996: 305) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the basin is ornamented with tangled bands of pearl motif with flowers in the loops; round base. On-site notes: the font is now [June 1999] used for ornamental purposes; the base appears to be of a later date; water damage to the centre part of the basin.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
42.808998,
-4.622928
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
42° 48′ 32.39″ N,
4° 37′ 22.54″ W
UTM: 30T 367307 4740882
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 16 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 80 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 111 cm* / 110 cm**
Basin Depth: 42 cm*
Basin Total Height: 73 cm*
Height of Base: 25 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** Bilbao (1996: 305)
REFERENCES
Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996
Martín González, J.J., Inventario Artístico de Palencia y su Provincia, Madrid: Servicio de Publicaciones del Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia, 1977-1980