Nogales de Pisuerga

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Results: 9 records

B01: design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - columns with capitals and bases

Scene Description: covering part of the basin sides, the arches housing a variety of motifs and figures

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B02: human figure - male - warrior - with shield and sword - coat or arms or emblem

Scene Description: at least two such figures: one in a n arch, with a cross on his shield, the other without the arch, with an animal on its shield

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B03: symbol - plant or tree - Tree of life?

Scene Description: several

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B04: symbol - shell - pilgrim shell?

Scene Description: at least two; one is partially visible in this photograph at the extreme top-left corner

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LB01: design element - motifs - floral - 4

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R01: design element - motifs - moulding

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UB01: design element - patterns - torsade

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UB02: design element - motifs - roll moulding

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 07573NOG
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Juan Bautista
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: Spain
Location: Palencia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of, and 2.5 km from Alar del Rey, off the N-611 (dir. Santander); take the right turn at km. 91 to Nogales de Pisuerga
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David de la Garma Ramírez, of www.arteguias.com, for his photograph of this font
Described and illustrated in Martin Gonzalez (1977). The font consists of a round basin decorated with a moulding at the upper rim, and an arcade of round arches resting on columns with capitals and bases below; the arcade does not go all the way around, and some of the motifs and figures are not inscribed in it; there are a variety of motifs, several of them foliated; there are also figures, two of which are male and armed with swords and shields bearing a cross on them; the spandrels of the arcade are populated with cherubs and foliage; a pilgrin shell is also visible on the side; a metal reinforcement band surrounds the upper basin sides, and the upper rim of the basin is badly damaged; the basin is raised on a round pedestal base with torsade motif and roll mouldings; the square lower base has floral motifs at the angles. The wooden cover is flat, round and plain; modern. Sancho Campo (2002) mentions a noteworthy baptismal font of the Romanesque period in this church, but the only font we have been able to locate appears to be the one described above, late-Medieval, perhaps 15th century, as suggested in Martin Gonzalez [NB: the original fabric of the church may indeed be Romanesque, but we have no information on its original font].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes[

REFERENCES

Martín González, J.J., Inventario Artístico de Palencia y su Provincia, Madrid: Servicio de Publicaciones del Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia, 1977-1980
Sancho Campo, Angel, "Arqueología de los siglos románicos en el ámbito de la actual provincia de Palencia", Palencia en los siglos del románico, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real - C.E.R., 2002