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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José L. Estalayo Demier, 2004
Image Source: José L. Estalayo Demier [http://geocities.com/tremaya1]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail 1/4/2003 and 25/4/2004 for the new image)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08022ARE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in an alcove
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: church documented in 1181 as dedicated to the Holy Cross
Church Address: Calle Iglesia, 2-4, 34849 Areños, Palencia, Spain
Site Location: Palencia, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the C-627, about 16 km N of Cervera de Pisuerga
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Palencia
Additional Comments: damaged font: at the upper rim, the result of cover hardware removal
Font Notes:
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Plain bucket-shaped baptismal font probably of the Romanesque period; it is mounted on short cylindrical base, also plain and a low square plinth [NB: the basin and round base appear to be one piece]. One of the iron staples of the old cover -on the right- is still in the upper rim; the other -on the left- has been removed and the rim has suffered damage as a result. The entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/palencia_AREÑOS.pdf] [accessed 24 May 2025] does not mention the baptismal font, but it notes that the pedestal base of the holy-water stoup is a re-cycled pillar of the original 12th-13th century church; it is decorated with a torsade pattern all around: "un tambor de fuste con estriado helicoidal, reutilizado como tenante de la pila aguabenditera."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to José L. Estalayo Demier [http://geocities.com/tremaya1] for bringing this font to our attention and for the image of the same. We are also grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 378643 4761125
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.993114, -4.488707
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 59′ 35.21″ N, 4° 29′ 19.34″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Notes: Iron staples from the old cover; one still in, the other removed with resulting damage to the rim of the basin