Revilla de Santullan / Revilla de Santullán

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design element - motifs - floral - flower - 4-petal - in a circle - 32

Scene Description: two cross-shaped flowers, each inside a circle, one above the other, appear on each of the 16 sides of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 August 2008 by Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
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INFORMATION
FontID: 02165REV
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Cornelio y San Cipriano
Church Patron Saints: St. Cornelius & St. Cyprian
Church Location: 34828 Revilla de Santullán, Palencia, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Palencia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located 1.5 km from Barruelo de Santullan, just W of the N-611, in the NE area of the province
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Palencia
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, under the choir or gallery, north/left side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Bilbao (1996) gives Villavega de Aguilar and Brañosera as "sister fonts"
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Andrés Ortega, of www.romanicoennavarra.info, to Mikel Unanue and to Montserrat Estela, of www.romanicat.net, for their photographs of this church and font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in García Guinea (1979) and (1998). Described and illustrated in Herbosa (1998). Described in Bilbao (1996) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the basin has sixteen sides on the outside but round on the inside and is adorned with 4-leaf cross-like flowers inscribed in circles; conical base. Noted in Martín Jiménez (2008).
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 4749534 394441
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: polygonal (16 sides) (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal (16 sides)
Diameter (includes rim): 114 cm* / **
Font Height (less Plinth): 89 cm* / **
Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996: 306) / ** García Guinea (1998: 375)
LID INFORMATION
Notes: upper rim of basin has metal staples from an old font
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, El Románico en Santander, Santander: Librería Estudio, 1979
García Guinea, Miguel Angel, Románico en Palencia: guía, Palencia: Excma. Diputación de Palencia, Dpto. de Cultura, 1998
Herbosa, Vicente, El Románico en Palencia, León: Lancia, 1998
Martín Jiménez, Carlos A., Las mejores rutas por el románico de Palencia, Trobajo del Camino, León: EDILESA, 2008