Matalbaniega

Image copyright © Cristina Sanchez, 2013

Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 September 2013)

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view of church exterior - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Antonio García Omedes [www.arquivoltas.com]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Antonio García Omedes [www.arquivoltas.com]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the font and cover at the west end, south side, beneath the gallery

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Antonio García Omedes [www.arquivoltas.com]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font

Scene Description: the cover partially visible on the right

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Antonio García Omedes [www.arquivoltas.com]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font

Scene Description: notice the metal staple in the upper rim, and the hole at the opposite end of the rim

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cristina Sanchez, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2013 by Cristina Sanchez

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 September 2013)

INFORMATION

FontID: 17022MAT
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: Spain
Location: Palencia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located just N of Aguilar de Campoo [UTM 30T 396811 4743215 987 m.]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Palencia
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, S side, beneath the gallery
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Antonio García Omedes, of www.arquivoltas.com,, and to Cristina Sanchez, of Gijon, Spain, for their photographs of this font
Noted and illustrated in García Omedes [www.arquivoltas.com] as a plain tub-shaped baptismal font probably of the 12th century, like the church itself. The font is located at the west end of the nave, south side, and rests directly on a circular plinth. The upper rim of the basin still retains one of the old cover staples. The cover iyself is round, flat and plain; modern.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 396811 4743215

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]