San Juan de Banos / San Juan de Baños / Baños de Cerrato
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view of basin - interior - drain
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 1, 2005
view of church exterior - detail
Scene Description: the fountain and well
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 10 June 2015)
view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 10 June 2015)
view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 10 June 2015)
view of church exterior - west portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2015
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 10 June 2015)
view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 10 June 2015)
view of church interior - lamp
Scene Description: Visigothic-style replica
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 10 June 2015)
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 10 June 2015)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 1, 2005
view of font
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 1, 2005
view of font - upper view
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 1, 2005
view of font in context
Scene Description: north apse, east end
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed 2008
INFORMATION
FontID: 10912BAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Basilica de San Juan de Baños
Church Patron Saints: St. John
Church Location: 34200 Venta de Baños, Palencia, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Palencia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located in Baños de Cerrato, in the municipality of Venta de Baños, off (E) the N620/E80, 13-14 km SE of Palencia capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Palencia
Historical Region: Comarca El Cerrato
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end, N apse
Century and Period: 7th - 10th century, Visigothic? / Pre-Romanesque?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his additional photographs of this church
Font Notes:
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On-site notes: baptismal font in the old Visigothic basilica; the church itself dates from the mid 7th century, in the kingdom of Recesvint; not known whether the font belonged here or was brought in from elsewhere; the font is a low monolithic bucket-shaped tank that rests directly on the ground, made of limestone (?) and provided with a central drain; the upper rim has traces of staples from an old cover; single groove all around below the rim is the only decoration.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.9208, -4.47236
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 55′ 14.88″ N, 4° 28′ 20.5″ W
UTM: 30T 377910 4642031
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (?)
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 17 - 18 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 118 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 152 cm
Basin Depth: 38 cm
Basin Total Height: 52 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 52 cm [no base]
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site
LID INFORMATION
Notes: evidence of an old cover in the upper rim