Poblacion de Campos No. 1 / Población de Campos

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R01: design element - motifs - rope moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 02158POB
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Magdalena
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene
Church Location: Población de Campos, 34449 Palencia, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Palencia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located a few km W of Boadilla del Camino, just W of the N-611
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Palencia
Historical Region: Tierra de Campos
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W gallery [choir], N side.
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century / 14th century, Romanesque
Described in Martin Gonzalez (1977- ) who dates it to the 14th century. Described in Bilbao (1996) and García Guinea (1998). Noted in Martín Jiménez (2008). Baptismal font of the Romanesque period [G-G (ibid.) refers to its dating as uncertain ["cronología insegura"]]; the basin is bucket-shaped and plain except for a rope moulding at the upper rim; it has no base. [cf. Index entry for Poblacion de Campos No. 2 for a holy-water stoup listed for this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

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