Villaverde de la Pena / Villaverde de la Peña

Results: 3 records

CR01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

LB01: design element - motifs - braid

Scene Description: a/p description in Bilbao (1996)

LB02: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: a/p description in Bilbao (1996)

INFORMATION

FontID: 02182VIL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de las Candelas
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: C. Ave María, 30, 34869 Villaverde de la Peña, Palencia, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Palencia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the C-626, in the municipality of Santibáñez de la Peña
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Described in Bilbao (1996) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period; plain quadrangular basin is rounded on the outside; the base is square with braided motif, and with vegetal motifs at the four angles. Described in García Guinea (1998). Noted in Martín Jiménez (2008).

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.82888, -4.67944
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 49′ 44″ N, 4° 40′ 46″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: rectangular [rounded] (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular [rounded]
Font Height (less Plinth): 77 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 98 x 76 cm
Notes on Measurements: Bilbao (1996: 308) and García Guinea (1998: 364)

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