Villasilos

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Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Andrew - with his cross

Scene Description: Scene depicts the martyrdom of St Andrew, who appears carrying his cross.

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 June 1999 by BSI

human figure - male

Scene Description: To the right of St Andrew [his left] is an unidentified male figure [perhaps an angel?]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 June 1999 by BSI

symbol - flames

Scene Description: Flames cover south-west side of font.

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 June 1999 by BSI

symbol - sun

Scene Description: To the left of St Andrew [his right] appears the Sun with a human face.

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 June 1999 by BSI

view of font - southwest side

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 June 1999 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 00428VIL

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés

Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew

Church Location: Pl. Mayor, 5, 09109 Villasilos, Burgos, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Burgos, Castilla y León

Directions to Site: Located off the BU-V-4001, in he municipality and 5 km N of Castrojeriz, about 50 km W of Burgos capital

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos

Historical Region: Comarca Odra-Pisuerga

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the gallery, S side

Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance

Church Notes: Large church which once had seven priests in the 18th century. the carver of the retable is buried in the apse, dated to 1756.

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Described and partially illustrated in Bilbao (1996) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period ornamented with an interesting representation of the martyrdom of St. Andrew surrounded by flames and with a Sun bearing a human face]. The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed February 2023] notes: "Su iglesia está dedicada a San Andrés, apóstol, y es renacentista [...] La pila es renacentista, con bolas, hojas y llamas en relieve y pie cilíndrico". As expected, given its late date, there is no entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com]. On-site notes: the basin has a thick roll moulding at the upper rim and a row of ball motif below it; the basin sides show the representation of the martyrdom of St Andrew, patron saint of the church at Villasilos: Andrew appears in the middle of the scene, his head framed in a shell, as if a halo, and carrying the saltire cross in his hands; to the right of the Apostle is a Sun with a human face; to the left an unidentifiable male figure, [perhaps an angel?]; all three figures are involved in flames; metal staples from the old cover are still evident in the upper rim; the round pedestal base is plain and very worn. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.33185, -4.1374

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 19′ 54.66″ N, 4° 8′ 14.64″ W

UTM: 30T 406294 4687249

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone?

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 16 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 102 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 154 cm* / 89 cm**

Basin Depth: 40 cm*

Height of Basin Side: 63 cm*

Basin Total Height: 35 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm* / 90 cm**

Notes on Measurements: * BSI no-site / ** Bilbao (1996: 299)

LID INFORMATION

Notes: hinges from the old cover still on the rim of the basin

REFERENCES

Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996