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
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Salinas de Pusuerga, Palencia, España"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Xemenendura, 2023
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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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dámaso, 2021
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
Font ID: 02167SAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 1999-06-03
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 16th century (?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pelayo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Pelayo [aka Paio / Payo]
Church Address: Pl. de la Serreria, 3, 34830 Salinas de Pisuerga, Palencia, Spain
Site Location: Palencia, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
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
Additional Comments: altered font? (if the original font is Romanesque, as claimed by some, the carved Crucifixion could be a later addition)
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 30T 387353 4744919
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.848553, -4.378644
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 50′ 54.79″ N, 4° 22′ 43.12″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
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, p. 168, 307
- García Guinea, Miguel Angel, Románico en Palencia: guía, Palencia: Excma. Diputación de Palencia, Dpto. de Cultura, 1998, p. 377-378
- Martín Jiménez, Carlos A., Las mejores rutas por el románico de Palencia, Trobajo del Camino, León: EDILESA, 2008, p. 159