Escobar de Polendos
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 27 May 1999 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02337ESC
Object Type: Stoup
Date Visited: 1999-05-27
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Nicolás de Bari
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Bari
Church Address: 40393 Escobar de Polendos, Segovia, Spain
Site Location: Segovia, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
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 Notes:
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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
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
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, p. 192