Pozancos nr. Aguilar de Campoo
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view of font
Scene Description: notice the several damaged areas
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: the repair over the end of the tail of the dragon
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symbol - cross - fleuronnée - in a circle
Scene Description: several
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design element - motifs - foliated
Scene Description: several different ones
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animal - mammal - lion - dragon - fighting
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paula Guillot, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 July 2009 by Paula Guillot [www.flickr.com/photos/paulayjesus/3842244873/] [accessed 2 September 2012]
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view of basin - upper view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2010 by David de la Garma Ramírez [www.arteguias.com]
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view of church exterior - window
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view of church exterior - apse - detail
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view of church exterior - detail
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paula Guillot, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 July 2009 by Paula Guillot [www.flickr.com/photos/paulayjesus/3842998842/] [accessed 2 September 2012]
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view of font in context
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 May 2012 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 07202POZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Salvador de Pozancos
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the N aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): Jesus Christ
Church Notes: photo essay of this church by Antonio Garcia Omedes [www.arquivoltas.com/8-palencia/02-Pozancos1.htm] [accessed 2 September 2012]
Church Address: Tr.ª Iglesia Pozc, 2, 34492 Pozancos, Palencia, Spain -- Tel.: +34 659 72 36 09
Site Location: Palencia, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the PP-6210, 7-8 km SE of near Aguilar de Campoo, in its municipality
Additional Comments: damaged font
Font Notes:
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Described in García Guinea (1998): Romanesque baptismal font; the basin is bucket-shaped, the sides decorated with a fighting scene between a lion and a dragon, crosses inscribed in circles and geometric motifs. G-G (ibid.) informs that the font is badly damaged and that it has been repaired with cement. This same source cites Hernando Garrido for a 13th-century dating. Martín Jiménez (2008) notes that the 13th-century font has deteriorated badly. One of the affected areas is the upper side between the two fighting beasts, damage that appears to be related to the removal of the cover staple at the upper rim. The cross-shaped inscribed symbols appear all over the sides of the font not occupied by the fighting beasts; some of them are foliated crosses. [NB: one of the extremities of the 'dragon' appears to be a human hand with five fingers]. The font is listed in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/palencia_POZANCOS.pdf] [accessed 16 May 2025]: "La pila bautismal se encuentra bastante deteriorada, con grandes grietas recogidas con hormigón moderno. Tiene forma troncocónica invertida y apoya directamente en el suelo sin ningún tipo de soporte. Posee decoración esculpida –de un relieve muy plano– en la que se representa el enfrentamiento entre un león y un dragón, además de varios círculos con cruces inscritas y distintos
motivos de carácter geométrico. Su tosquedad en la talla nos impide precisar su cronología, si bien la podemos considerar plenamente medieval (hacia el siglo XIII)."
motivos de carácter geométrico. Su tosquedad en la talla nos impide precisar su cronología, si bien la podemos considerar plenamente medieval (hacia el siglo XIII)."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David de la Garma Ramírez [www.arteguias.com], Paula Guillot and Mikel Unanue for their photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 399511 4729795
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.714086, -4.227185
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 42′ 50.71″ N, 4° 13′ 37.87″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
REFERENCES
- Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.
- García Guinea, Miguel Angel, Románico en Palencia: guía, Palencia: Excma. Diputación de Palencia, Dpto. de Cultura, 1998, p. 380
- Martín Jiménez, Carlos A., Las mejores rutas por el románico de Palencia, Trobajo del Camino, León: EDILESA, 2008, p. 159