Escano No. 1 / Escaño

Results: 5 records

R01: design element - motifs - moulding

UB01: animal - mammal - lion - head

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © C. Lliso, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken by C. Lliso, in 1Romanico.com [www.1romanico.com/004/foto1.asp?CODF=00008062] [accessed 3 January 2012]

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UB02: design element - motifs - foliage

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © C. Lliso, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken by C. Lliso, in 1Romanico.com [www.1romanico.com/004/foto1.asp?CODF=00008062] [accessed 3 January 2012]

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UB03: design element - motifs - floral - flower - 4-petal - in a square

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © C. Lliso, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken by C. Lliso, in 1Romanico.com [www.1romanico.com/004/foto1.asp?CODF=00008062] [accessed 3 January 2012]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

INFORMATION

FontID: 14846ESC
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Salvador
Church Patron Saints: Jesus Christ
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located 7 km from Villarcayo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the entrance
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ) as a re-used column and capital that now support the round holy-water stoup; the capital is decorated with vegetal scrolls, a four-petalled flower in a aquare and a lion head on the visible sides; the basin itself is round, with a moulding at the upper rim; it is painted in a reddish-ochre colour.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2002-