Valles de Valdavia

Image copyright © Miguel Angel García Guinea, 1998

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Results: 9 records

animal - reptile - snake - 2

Scene Description: at the feet of the standing figure

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Image Source: edited detail of an undated digital photograph taken [2010?] by jzarreg, in El Norte de Castilla [http://joyasdecastillayleon.elnortedecastilla.es/2011/pila-bautismal-romanica-valles-de-valdavia-palencia.html] [accessed 11 February 2018]

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design element - patterns - ribbed

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human figure - head

Scene Description: to the right of the standing figure, by the left shoulder

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human figure - standing - with book

Scene Description: Figure has raised right hand, the left holds object appearing to be a book; two serpents at its feet; a head to a side (Mary?)

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Valdavia, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 September 2010 by Valdavia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Valles_de_Valdavia_Church_of_San_Roman_001.JPG] [accessed 11 Februart 2018]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Valdavia, 2010

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view of font

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view of font

Scene Description: Note its present use as planter

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Miguel Angel García Guinea, 1998

Image Source: García Guinea (1998: 385)

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view of font in context

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Image Source: undated digital photograph taken [2010?] by jzarreg, in El Norte de Castilla [http://joyasdecastillayleon.elnortedecastilla.es/2011/pila-bautismal-romanica-valles-de-valdavia-palencia.html] [accessed 11 February 2018]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02174VAL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Román
Church Patron Saints: St. Romanus?
Church Location: 34115 Valles de Valdavia, Palencia, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Palencia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located inside the triangle formed by the P225, P230 and P237, in the municipality and SE of Valderrábano, in the centre of the province, NW of Osorno
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Palencia
Historical Region: Comarca de la Vega-Valdavia
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W gallery
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Described in Martín González (1977- ). Described and illustrated in Bilbao (1996) and in García Guinea (1998): baptismal font of the Romanesque period; G-G (ibid.) dates it to the late 12th century; among the fat ribs of the outer sides of the basin is a human figure with the right hand raised and the left holding an object (a book?); near his head is another human head; at the feet of the figure, two snakes, one to each side. Bilbao (ibid.) suggests the figure may be Virgin Mary; the lower base is round and plain. [NB: the font is illustrated in Bilbao and G-G with a plant in it, obviously being used as a vase at the time, i.e., 1996-1998]. Described in Martín Jiménez (2008) with date in the 12th century.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 365603 4715600

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 111 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 94 cm
Notes on Measurements: Bilbao (1996: 307) and García Guinea (1998: 383)

REFERENCES

Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996
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