Virtus / Bertus / Bertux / Vertux

Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2023

Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 14 January 2023)

Results: 17 records

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: this one is part of the basin block

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph January 2023 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 14 January 2023)

view of base

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Image Source: digital photograph January 2023 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of basin - interior

Scene Description: showing the centre drain

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Image Source: digital photograph January 2023 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church exterior - east view - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph by Pedro Lozano Huerta [https://www.verpueblos.com/castilla+y+leon/burgos/virtus/foto/1706342/] [accessed 14 January 2023]

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2019

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph by Pedro Lozano Huerta [https://www.verpueblos.com/castilla+y+leon/burgos/virtus/foto/1468682/] [accessed 14 January 2023]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de Santa María, Virtus"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph by Pedro Lozano Huerta [https://www.verpueblos.com/castilla+y+leon/burgos/virtus/foto/1706453/] [accessed 14 January 2023]

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view of font - upper view

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Image Source: digital photograph January 2023 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 14 January 2023)

view of font - upper view

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Image Source: digital photograph January 2023 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 14 January 2023)

view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph January 2023 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 14 January 2023)

view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph January 2023 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 14 January 2023)

view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph January 2023 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 14 January 2023)

view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph January 2023 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 14 January 2023)

view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph January 2023 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 14 January 2023)

view of stoup

Scene Description: one of several in this church

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph January 2023 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 14 January 2023)

view of stoup

Scene Description: one of several in this church

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph January 2023 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 14 January 2023)

view of stoup

Scene Description: one of several in this church

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph January 2023 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 14 January 2023)

view of stoup

Scene Description: one of several in this church

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph January 2023 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 14 January 2023)

INFORMATION

FontID: 00243VIR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María de Virtus
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Diseminado Virtus, 13, 09572 Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the BU-V-5792 [aka Calle de la Fuente], S of the N-232, N of the BU-564, in the municipality of Valle de Baldebezana, 30 km WNW of Villarcayo, 41 km N of Sedano, 84 km N of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de Las Merindades
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 18th century,
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: 12th-13thC church; modified 1739
The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed January 2023]: "iglesia, dedicada Santa María, renacentista [...] cabecera románica [...] [s]u ábside es románico [...] La pila es románica, de copa lisa con bordes moldurados y pie y base circular con moldura". The entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_VIRTUS.pdf] [accessed 14 January 2023] does not mention a font in it but gives the 12th-13th century date as the original fort the church, which was much modified in 1739. No cover present but the upper rim has anchoring holes for a cover lock.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.978833, -3.831667
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 58′ 43.8″ N, 3° 49′ 54″ W
UTM: 30T 432189 4758800

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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