Amaya / Amay / San Juan de Amaya / Santibáñez de Amaya
Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 29 June 2021)
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animal - reptile - snake - with prey - toad
![[cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1090627005_compressed.png)
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eva Mediavilla, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2009 by Eva Mediavilla
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 24 June 2009)
animal - reptile - snake - with prey - toad - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 29 June 2021)
animal - reptile - snake - with prey - toad - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 29 June 2021)
animal - reptile - snake - with prey - toad - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 29 June 2021)
design element - motifs - floral
Scene Description: all around the basin except in areas occupied by the inscription
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 29 June 2021)
design element - motifs - floral - detail
Scene Description: most of the motifs have eight petals, but some have less; the one on the right here has only four petals -- notice also the odd geometric cuttings in the spandrels and spaces between the motifs
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 29 June 2021)
design element - patterns - ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eva Mediavilla, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2009 by Eva Mediavilla
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 24 June 2009)
human figure - head
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 29 June 2021)
human figure - head
Scene Description: very damaged now; the roll moulding behind gets narrower at the left because it is the taild of the body of the snake that circles the lower base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 29 June 2021)
inscription - partial
![over the ribbed pattern [cf. Inscription area]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1090627004_compressed.png)
Scene Description: over the ribbed pattern [cf. Inscription area]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eva Mediavilla, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2009 by Eva Mediavilla
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 24 June 2009)
inscription - partial
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 29 June 2021)
inscription - partial
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 29 June 2021)
inscription - partial
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 29 June 2021)
inscription - partial
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 29 June 2021)
view of base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eva Mediavilla, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2009 by Eva Mediavilla
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 24 June 2009)
view of base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fernando Garcia Gil, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2013 by Fernando Garcia Gil
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 11 August 2013)
view of base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 29 June 2021)
view of base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 29 June 2021)
view of base - detail
Scene Description: The roll moulding between the corner motifs is the body of a snake.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 29 June 2021)
view of basin - detail
Scene Description: the large area of damage showing the drilled hole into which a metal peg was anchored; it would have probably been the different expansion ratio of metal vs. stone that caused the splitting of the stone
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 29 June 2021)
view of basin - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 29 June 2021)
view of basin - interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eva Mediavilla, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2009 by Eva Mediavilla
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 24 June 2009)
view of basin - interior - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 29 June 2021)
view of basin - upper view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 29 June 2021)
view of church exterior
Scene Description: Source caption: " Iglesia de San Juan Bautista. Amaya (Burgos)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © MottaW, 2018
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 14 November 2018 by MottaW [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia-de-san-juan-bautista-amaya-burgos-2018.jpg] [accessed 30 June 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eva Mediavilla, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2009 by Eva Mediavilla
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 24 June 2009)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fernando Garcia Gil, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2013 by Fernando Garcia Gil
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 11 August 2013)
view of font
Scene Description: showing a large area of damage to the upper rim
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 29 June 2021)
view of font - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 29 June 2021)
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eva Mediavilla, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2009 by Eva Mediavilla
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 24 June 2009)
view of font in context
Scene Description: at the west end of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 29 June 2021)
view of font in context
Scene Description: at the west end of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 29 June 2021)
view of font in context
Scene Description: at the west end of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 29 June 2021)
view of stoup
Scene Description: located in the nave of the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 29 June 2021)
INFORMATION
FontID: 00500AMA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia parroquial de San Juan Bautista
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Calle del Conde Vallellano, 09136 Amaya, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the BU-V-6216, in the municipality and 8 km N of Sotresgudo, 21 km of Villadiego, 60 km of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis of Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca Las Loras, Odra-Pisuerga / Alfor de Amaya
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, S side
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Juan Dominguez de Sant Quirze
Cognate Fonts: the font at nearby Peones de Amaya
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Eva Mediavilla, Fernando Garcia Gil and Pedro Lozano Huerta for their photographs of this church and font
Font Notes:
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Described and partially illustrated in Bilbao (1986). The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 3 February 2021] notes: "Su iglesia, dedicada San Juan Bautista, es renacentista [...] La pila bautismal es románica con veneras y anillo al exterior." Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ) [www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_AMAYA.pdf] [accessed 30 June 2021], with suggested date in the 13th century [="Las marcas de una labra a trinchante evidencian una cronología tardía que entra de lleno en pleno siglo XIII."]. ; hemispherical basin ornamented with ribbed pattern, on which, resembling a scroll, is a band on which appears an inscription; the base has a snake eating a toad, a ball, an animal face and a human face; square lower volume of the base. The Enciclopedia dates to the 13th century. There is considerable damage on the sides of the upper rim that used to have the metal staples of the old cover. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.6432722222, -4.16353888889
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42º 38' 35.78' N, -4º 9' 48.74' W
UTM: 30T 404368 4722609
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 80 cm* / 101 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 87 cm* / 91 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996) / ** [www.europaromanica.es]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: Across the bowl
Inscription Text: "IVAN DOMI[n] :GVEZ DE SA[n]T QUIRZE"
Inscription Source: cf. ImagesArea / Bilbao (1996) / Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- )
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [NB: damage to the rim caused by metal staples of the old cover]
REFERENCES
Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996
Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2002-