Vid de Ojeda / La Vid de Ojeda / Lavid de Ojeda

Results: 6 records

B01: design element - motifs - floral

B01: symbol - star

Scene Description: Badly worn stars.

B02: symbol - cross

Scene Description: Badly worn crosses.

B02: symbol - cross

B03: symbol - star

view of font

INFORMATION

FontID: 02176LAV
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: Calle Trasera Iglesia, 6, 34485 La Vid de Ojeda, Palencia, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Palencia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located on the the P-223, off (W) the n-611, 7 km W of Alar del Rey
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W gallery [choir]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Described in Bilbao (1996) and in García Guinea (1998): baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the badly worn basin is ornamented with a band of cross, star and flower motifs; the base is round. Noted in Martín Jiménez (2008).

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.660833, -4.383055
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 39′ 39″ N, 4° 22′ 59″ 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): 112 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 93 cm
Notes on Measurements: Bilbao (1996: 308) and García Guinea (1998: 387)

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