Valdespina

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - motifs - interlace

Scene Description: separating the two arcades in the upper and lower registers

B2R01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind

Scene Description: Blind arcade separated from the one below by band of interlacing.

B2R02: design element - architectural - arcade - blind

Scene Description: Blind arcade separated from the one above by band of interlacing.

INFORMATION

FontID: 02173VAL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Church Location: Pl. Mayor Vald, 5, 34419 Valdespina, Palencia, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Palencia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Amusco, towards the S of the province, just E of the N-611
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a niche, S side wall
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: Romanesque church; re-built 14thC; part of the 14thC tower collapsed in 2012
Described in Bilbao (1996) and in García Guinea (1998): baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the inside of the basin well is ribbed; the outer sides are decorated with two arcades separated by a band of interlace. Noted in Martín Jiménez (2008) as being of an uncertain date.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.131944, -4.425277
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 7′ 55″ N, 4° 25′ 31″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 164 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 77 cm
Notes on Measurements: Bilbao (1996: 307) and García Guinea (1998: 399)

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