Quintanaluengos de Pisuerga

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02161QUI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Barcenilla de Pisuerga, nearby
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Lorenzo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W gallery, N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Address: 34839 Quintanaluengos, Palencia, Spain
Site Location: Palencia, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the P212, 5-6 km E of Cervera de Pisuerga
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Palencia
Font Notes:
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

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

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, p. 56, 264, 305
  • García Guinea, Miguel Angel, Románico en Palencia: guía, Palencia: Excma. Diputación de Palencia, Dpto. de Cultura, 1998, p. 368
  • Martín Jiménez, Carlos A., Las mejores rutas por el románico de Palencia, Trobajo del Camino, León: EDILESA, 2008, p. 187