Escobar de Polendos

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design element - patterns - ribbed

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 27 May 1999 by BSI

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 27 May 1999 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 02337ESC

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Nicolás de Bari

Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Bari

Church Location: 40393 Escobar de Polendos, Segovia, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Segovia, Castilla y León

Directions to Site: Located 20 km from Segovia capital

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Segovia

Historical Region: Valles del Pirón y Polendos y El Llano

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

On-site notes: a large roughly hemispheric basin resting on a tiny base; the ribs of the outer basin sides are massive; only the bowl appears to be original; the base is very low and modern. Wooden cover is flat, round and plain; modern.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 406204 4548609

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

Font Shape: cauldron-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 10-12 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 111-112 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 123 cm

Basin Depth: 40 cm

Basin Total Height: 60 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 75 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: plain flat wooden lid

REFERENCES

Santamaría, Juan Manuel, Segovia románica, Segovia: Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Segovia, 1988