Ribas de Campos / Santa Cruz de la Zarza
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view of font
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Image Source: digital photograph taken by Mikel Unanue in December 2008
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view of church exterior - chapter house - window - detail
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Image Source: digital photograph taken by Mikel Unanue in December 2008
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view of church exterior - chapter house - window
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Image Source: digital photograph taken by Mikel Unanue in December 2008
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view of church exterior
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Image Source: digital photograph taken by Mikel Unanue in December 2008
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view of font in context
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Image Source: digital photograph taken by Mikel Unanue in December 2008
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view of church interior - altar
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Image Source: digital photograph taken by Mikel Unanue in December 2008
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 14079RIB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial - Monasterio de Santa Cruz de Ribas [aka Santa Cruz de la Zarza] [semi-ruined; disused]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Cross
Church Notes: foundation of monastery may date back to 922 AD; documented 1171/ 1176 as Premonstratensian;
Church Address: 34411 Ribas de Campos, Palencia, Spain -- Tel.: +34 670 89 75 30
Site Location: Palencia, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the 611, about 20 km SSW of Fromista, about the same distance N of Palencia capital -- the monastery church is located 2 km from Ribas
Additional Comments: disused font -- the church is not in use [Dec 2008]
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a cylindrical basin raised on a circular pedestal base; it rests directly on the ground, without a plinth. There is damage to the upper rim consistent with the position of the cover fastenings. The font is now [December 2008] disused and the church itself appears to be used as a pigeon coop and pen for other animals [source: e-mail from Mikel Unanue after a recent visit]. There is very good overview of the church in Antonio García Omedes' 'LA GUÍA DIGITAL DEL ARTE ROMÁNICO' [http://www.arquivoltas.com/8-palencia/02-Ribas00.htm] [accessed 9 December 2008], as well as in the entry in the Enciclopedia del románico [www.romanicodigital.com].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his information on, and photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 376051 4666753
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.1431, -4.5
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 8′ 35.16″ N, 4° 30′ 0″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round