Poblacion de Campos No. 1 / Población de Campos

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02158POB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century / 14th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Magdalena
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W gallery [choir], N side.
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
Church Address: Población de Campos, 34449 Palencia, Spain
Site Location: Palencia, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
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 Notes:
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, p. 305
  • García Guinea, Miguel Angel, Románico en Palencia: guía, Palencia: Excma. Diputación de Palencia, Dpto. de Cultura, 1998, p. 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: 136,137
  • Martín Jiménez, Carlos A., Las mejores rutas por el románico de Palencia, Trobajo del Camino, León: EDILESA, 2008, p. 95