Vega de Riacos nr. Respenda de la Peña
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 September 2008 by Jesús [Rabespierre] [www.flickr.com/photos/rabiespierre/2986648327] [accessed 25 February 2017]
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design element - patterns - groove - slanted
Scene Description: all around the upper rim
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jesús [Rabespierre], 2008
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jesús [Rabespierre], 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 September 2008 by Jesús [Rabespierre] [www.flickr.com/photos/rabiespierre/2987501690] [accessed 25 February 2017]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
INFORMATION
FontID: 02175VEG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: 34878 Vega de Riacos, Palencia, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Palencia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the P214, Se of, and in the municipality of Respenda de la Peña, ESE of Guardo
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Palencia
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, beneath the tower
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: Romanesque church
Font Notes:
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Described in Bilbao (1996) and García Guinea (1998): baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the upper rim is patterned with slanted grooves so that the side looks like a rope moulding; the squat base is round-to-octagonal, with a roll moulding atop. Noted in Martín Jiménez (2008).
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 363051 4735275
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 94 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 84 cm
Notes on Measurements: Bilbao (1996: 307) and García Guinea (1998: 365):
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: round, flat and plain; painted white; appears modern
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