Villalaco
Results: 2 records
B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
BIS01: design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
INFORMATION
FontID: 02177VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Eufemia
Church Patron Saints: St. Euphemia
Church Location: C. la Iglesia, 19, 34261 Villalaco, Palencia, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Palencia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located on the P-413, about 20 km SE of Fromista
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, near the altar, S side (orig. in a chapel of the S side)
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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Described in Bilbao (1996) and in García Guinea (1998): baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the basin is ribbed inside and out; both parts of the base are round. Noted and illustrated in Martín Jiménez (2008). The basin has very broad ribs and a short round stem; the plinth on which it is raised appears modern.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.155256, -4.258648
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 9′ 18,92″ N, 4° 15′ 31,13″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
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