Villallano

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - 7

Scene Description: Arcade of seven arches and other smaller ones below.

B02: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

Scene Description: below the main one; smaller arches

INFORMATION

FontID: 02178VIL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María la Real [aka, Santa María la Mayor]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: C. Iglesia Vlno, 7, 34815 Villallano, Palencia, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Palencia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Pomar de Valdavia, 4-5 km SE of Aguilar de Campoo
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; blind arcade at two levels on the basin sides; plain base. Noted in Martín Jiménez (2008).

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.76555, -4..23666
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 45′ 56″ N, 4° 14′ 12″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 93 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 74 cm
Notes on Measurements: Bilbao (1996: 308) and García Guinea (1998: 380)

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