Quintanaluengos de Pisuerga

Results: 1 records

design element - motifs - diamond or lozenge

Scene Description: a band of diamond-shaped motif

INFORMATION

FontID: 02161QUI
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Lorenzo
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Location: 34839 Quintanaluengos, Palencia, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Palencia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the P212, 5-6 km E of Cervera de Pisuerga
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Palencia
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W gallery, N side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Barcenilla de Pisuerga, nearby
Described in Bilbao (1996) and García Guinea (1998): baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the hexagonal basin has a band of diamond motif; cylindrical base. Noted in Martín Jiménez (2008).

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.853546, -4.423929
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 51′ 12.77″ N, 4° 25′ 26.14″ W
UTM: 30T 383662 4745535

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

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