Villaren de Valdivia / Villarén de Valdivia
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Results: 4 records
B01:
design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - 6
Scene Description: Arcade of six arches contains flowers and other vegetal forms
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fundación Santa María La Real, 2002
Image Source: photograph in Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002-)
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B02:
design element - motifs - floral and/or foliage
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Image Source: photograph in Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002-)
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BBL01:
design element - motifs - scallop
Scene Description: a band of, all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fundación Santa María La Real, 2002
Image Source: photograph in Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002-)
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fundación Santa María La Real, 2002
Image Source: photograph in Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002-)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 02180VIL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Palencia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the N-627, about 5 km SE of Aguilar de Campoo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the N side of the nave
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: fonts at Helecha de Valdivia and Porquera de los Infantes [cf. FontNotes]
Noted in Bilbao (1996) and in García Guinea (1998) as baptismal font of the Romanesque period. Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002-) as late-Romanesque ["tardorrománica"] dated to the 13th century and related to the fonts at Helecha de Valdivia and Porquera de los Infantes, in the same area. The font is of the typical design in Palencia for the period: bucked-shaped basin on a squat base; the sides of the basin are decorated with six (?) very broad arches without supports, within which are inscribed several ypes of vegetal motifs; the upper rim is worked as a round moulding; on the lower basin side, a band of scallop motif all around; the carving is very shallow, not at all like some the Palencia and Burgos fonts of the period. Besides the squat base, the font is raised on a cylindical pedestal decorated with a roll moulding at the top, which may be of a later date. There is some damage to the fonts sides, especially at the rim and upper sides. Noted in Martín Jiménez (2008).
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
42.77777,
-4.193055
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
42° 46′ 40″ N,
4° 11′ 35″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, sandstone?
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 107 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 83 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
Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2002-
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
