Sotillo de Boedo

Results: 4 records

B01: design element - motifs - diamond or lozenge

Scene Description: with tetrafoil in them

B02: design element - motifs - quatrefoil

Scene Description: inside the romboid motifs

LB01: design element - motifs - floral - flower - 4-petal

LB02: design element - patterns - chequered

INFORMATION

FontID: 02170SOT
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Nicolás de Bari
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Bari
Church Location: C. Iglesia Sob, 1, 34407 Sotillo de Boedo, Palencia, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Palencia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Sotobañado, S of La Vid de Ojeda, W of the N-611
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W gallery [choir]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century / 15th century, Romanesque
Martín González (1977) dates this font to the 15th century. Bilbao (1996) and García Guinea (1998), probably more accurately, have it as Romanesque [G-G suggests a 12th-century dating]; it is ornamented with a band of romboid motif with encircled quatrefoils; the round base has flower and checkered motif. Noted in Martín Jiménez (2008) with 12th-century date.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.610277, -4.4075
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 36′ 37″ N, 4° 24′ 27″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 124 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 81 cm
Notes on Measurements: Bilbao (1996: 307) and García Guinea (1998: 388)

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 González, J.J., Inventario Artístico de Palencia y su Provincia, Madrid: Servicio de Publicaciones del Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia, 1977-1980
Martín Jiménez, Carlos A., Las mejores rutas por el románico de Palencia, Trobajo del Camino, León: EDILESA, 2008