Salinas de Pisuerga

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New Testament - Passion of Christ - Crucifixion

Scene Description: Crude rendition of a Christ on the cross. Appears to be a later addition to the basin side

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 3 June 1999 by BSI

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Salinas de Pusuerga, Palencia, España"

Image Source: digital photograph 9 August 2023 by Xemenendura [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Salinas_de_Pisuerga0.jpg] [accessed 10 January 2025]

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view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 3 June 1999 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 3 June 1999 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph 25 October 2021 by Dámaso in [https://castromocho.com/iglesia-de-san-pelayo-salinas-de-pisuerga/] [accessed 10 January 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02167SAL

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pelayo

Church Patron Saints: St. Pelayo [aka Paio / Payo]

Church Location: Pl. de la Serreria, 3, 34830 Salinas de Pisuerga, Palencia, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Palencia, Castilla y León

Directions to Site: Located on the NE bank of the Pisuerga river, off the CL-626, W of the N-611, just S of Barruelo de Santullan, equidistant (12 km) between Aguilar de Campoo and Cervera

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Palencia

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W gallery

Century and Period: 13th - 16th century (?), Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in Bilbao (1996) and in García Guinea (1998): baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the basin has a crude Christ on the cross carved in a square low-relief on the basin side. The stem of the base is cylindrical. On-site notes: the carving of the Crucifixion scene may be a later addition, not necessarily contemporary with the bowl; iron staples of the old cover still obvious in the upper rim of the basin. Noted in Martín Jiménez (2008). [NB: if the original font is Romanesque, as claimed in Bilbao anf GG [cf. supra] it could perhaps be the font of the original parsih church of Quintanahernando, which, as the Enciclopedia del Romanico entry [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/palencia_SALINAS_DE_PISUERGA.pdf] [accessed 10 January 2025] notes, was the parish church of that village -- otherwise the font could very well be contemporary with the church of San Pelayo, 16th-century]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.848553, -4.378644

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 50′ 54.79″ N, 4° 22′ 43.12″ W

UTM: 30T 387353 4744919

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Number of Pieces: three

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 14-15 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 83 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 111-113 cm* / 114 cm**

Basin Depth: 40 cm*

Basin Total Height: 63 cm*

Height of Base: 37 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm* / 99 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / **Bilbao (1996: 307) & García Guinea (1998: 378)

LID INFORMATION

Notes: iron staples from the old cover still in the rim

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