Barruelo del Valle

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design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Francisco José García Gómez, 2013

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rastrojo, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 July 2013 by Rastrojo [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Barruelo_del_Valle.jpg] [accessed 10 September 2013]

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view of font

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Image Source: digital photograph taken by Francisco José García Gómez

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INFORMATION

FontID: 18657BAR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia parroquial de San Pelayo
Church Patron Saints: St. Pelayo [aka Paio / Payo]
Church Location: 47129 Barruelo del Valle, Valladolid
Country Name: Spain
Location: Valladolid, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located near Castromonte and San Cebrián de Mazote, 28 km from Medina de Rioseco, 34 km from Valladolid capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Valladolid
Historical Region: Comarca de Montes Torozos
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Francisco José García Gómez for his photograph of this font
Church Notes: church said to date from the 16th and 18th centuries
Baptismal font of very coarse limestone(?), consisting of a hemispherical basin, plain except for a flat moulding all around the upper rim; raised on a squat truncated-cone base with a thick roll moulding all around. If there was no church here before the 16rh century the font must have been brought from a nearby abandoned church.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.674, -5.069
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 40′ 26.4″ N, 5° 4′ 8.4″ W
UTM: 30T 327774 4615650

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining