San Pedro de Gaíllos / Gaillos

Image copyright © Paula Guillot, 2012
Standing permission
Results: 11 records
design element - motifs - rope moulding

Scene Description: notice that the base is modern
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paula Guillot, 2012
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 5 April 2012 by Paula Guillot [www.flickr.com/photos/paulayjesus/7068780877/in/gallery-adfinem-72157629475780419/] [accessed 14 August 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: very broad and pronounced ribs
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paula Guillot, 2012
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 5 April 2012 by Paula Guillot [www.flickr.com/photos/paulayjesus/7068780877/in/gallery-adfinem-72157629475780419/] [accessed 14 August 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - east view
view of church exterior - south porch
view of church exterior - south portal
view of church exterior - south portal - detail
view of church exterior - south portal - detail
view of church exterior - southeast view
view of church exterior - southwest view
view of font and cover
view of font and cover in context
INFORMATION
FontID: 19991GAI
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Calle Comandante Enrique Herrera, S/N, 40389 San Pedro de Gaíllos, Segovia, Spain -- Tel.: +34 921 53 10 06
Country Name: Spain
Location: Segovia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the SG-2321, S of Sepúlveda, 45-50 km from Segovia capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Segovia
Historical Region: Comarca de la Villa y Tierra de Sepúlveda
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: similar, but not identical, to the fonts at Caballar, La Cuesta, Turegano, etc.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Paula Guillot for her photograph of this font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font described and illustrated in Inventario Románico [www.amigosdelromanico.org/inventario/fichas/espana/segovia/sanpedrodegaillos_sanpedro.html] [accessed 14 August 2014]: "Pila bautismal. A los pies de la nave se encuentra la pila bautismal románica. La copa tiene unas dimensiones de 127x98 cm y se decora con dieciséis gruesos gallones coronados por un sogueado. El tenante original se perdió y fue sustituido por una pieza de cemento." Baptismal font consisting of a large roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a thin rope moulding above the pattern of sixteen massive broad ribs all around. The basin now rests on a concrete base of square shape, having lost its original base. The wooden cover is round, flat and plain, hinged in the middle.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
41.226111,
-3.808611
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
41° 13′ 34″ N,
3° 48′ 31″ W
UTM: 30T 432227 4564173
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 127 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Inventario Románico [www.amigosdelromanico.org/inventario/fichas/espana/segovia/sanpedrodegaillos_sanpedro.html] [accessed 14 August 2014]
LID INFORMATION
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: round, flat and plain; hinge in the middle