Hermedes de Cerrato / Hérmedes de Cerrato

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04863HER
Object Type: Stoup
Object Details: capital, Mozarabic
Font Century and Period/Style: 10th century (?), Mozarabic
Church / Chapel Name: Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Era [aka Las Heras]
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: According to F.P.R.A. [cf. above], this "ermita", must have been the church of one of the monasteries given by bishop Jimeno of Burgos ca. 1077 to king Alfonso VI so that the latter could support the Cluniac reformation (ibid., p. 9)
Church Address: P-110, 34247 Hérmedes de Cerrato, Palencia, Spain Province: Palencia
Site Location: Palencia, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the P-110, about 28 kms NNW of Peñafiel and the Bodegas Vega Sicilia, 45 km of Palencia city
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Palencia
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: Mozarabic capital, re-cycled as a holy water stoup
Font Notes:
Described and listed as a Corinthian-style marble capital of the 10th century (cf. F.P.R.A. entry for this piece in the "Memorias y esplendores" catalogue of Las Edades del Hombre exhibition, p. 8). This source also mentions that the capital, recycled as a holy water stoup, served for years in the old parish church of San Juan and that it was later still moved to the Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Era where it performs an identical role (ibid., p. 9). The illustration shown in the afore-mentioned catalogue shows a much damaged capital, its sides ornamented with large leaves, while the bottom part, the cylindrical base, has a rope motif band all around.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 402310 4630451
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.819919, -4.176255
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 49′ 11.71″ N, 4° 10′ 34.52″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: capital
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage System: no drainage system

REFERENCES

  • Memorias y esplendores: Las Edades del hombre, Palencia: Las Edades del hombre/Catedral de Palencia, 1999, p. 8-9
  • Escudero Ruiz, A., "Una iglesia mozárabe en Herménedes de Cerrato (Palencia)", IX, BSAA, 1943, pp. 185, lám. IVb; IX, p. 185, lám. IVb
  • Noack-Haley, S., "Capiteles mozárabes", 1990