Villacibio

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R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
INFORMATION
FontID: 16171VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel Arcangel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Spain
Location: Palencia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located on the P-620, 11 SSE of Aguilar de Campoo, to which municipality it belongs
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 16th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Jesús García Alva, of http://www.villacibio.blogspot.com http://palenciaromanica.blogspot.com and http://penasalbas.blogspot.com for the photograph of this font
Font Notes:
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Jesús García [http://villacibio.blogspot.com/] [accessed 17 March 2010] notes: "Año 1588: Relaciones remitidas por los Arzobispos, Obispos, Prelados y personas eclesiásticas del vecindario de sus diócesis y territorios al Rey Felipe II, de mano de Francisco González de Heredia, secretario del Real Patronato de la Iglesia, copiados de los originales del Real Archivo de Simancas. Obispado de Burgos: Memoria de las iglesias parroquiales y pilas que tiene el Arzobispado de Burgos y de los vecinos que tiene cada lugar. Arciprestazgo de Aguilar de Campoó: Villacibio tiene una pila y 12 vecinos." The font consists of a bucket-shaped basin that is plain but for a roll moulding at the upper rim, producing a groove on the upper surface; rests on a squat and narrow circular base; there are two metal staples for the font cover at opposite ends of the basin rim; the sides of the basin are very thick; the font appears medieval, probably of the 13th century, though it could be as late as the 16th.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: unlined
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]