Becerril del Campo

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07581BEC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Eugenia
Font Location in Church: Inside the baptistery railing
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Eugenia of Rome
Church Notes: 16th-17thC church replaced a 15thC one on the same site
Church Address: Pl. Obispo Ibáñez, 1, 34310 Becerril de Campos, Palencia, Spain
Site Location: Palencia, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the CL-612, about 22 km W of Palencia capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Palencia
Font Notes:
Illustrated in Sancho Campo (1971, v. I: pl. 70): a baptismal font consisting of a hemispheric basin mounted on a pedestal; the basin has a moulding at the upper rim followed down by a scotia that separates it from the ribbed pattern which covers the sides and the underbowl. Appears late Gothic.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Sancho Campo, Angel, Arte sacro en Palencia, Palencia: Obispado de Palencia, Comisión Diocesana de Arte, 1971, vol. I: pl. 70