Burgos No. 1
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Results: 37 records
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 5 June 1999 by BSI
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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Scene Description: the font after its post-1997 restoration
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 September 2014 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burgos_-_Catedral,_Capilla_de_Santa_Tecla_14.jpg] [accessed 24 September 2016]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mariano Sebastian Moreno, 2009
Image Source: drawing by Mariano Sebastian Moreno, 2009 [www.sebasplumillasromanico.net]
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view of basin - interior
design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
Scene Description: all around the interior of the basin
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 5 June 1999 by BSI
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symbol - crown - 2
Scene Description: view of one of the crown symbols on the underbowl
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 5 June 1999 by BSI
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: the dark patches here appear to be lead plugs from an old cover for locking or anchoring
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design element - motifs - floral - 3-petal - 24
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design element - architectural - arcade - arches - columns with capitals and bases - 24
Scene Description: the larger arches are pointed, the smaller arches are round
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view of basin - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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view of basin - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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view of basin - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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view of basin - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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view of basin - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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view of basin - interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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view of church exterior - north portal
Scene Description: Puerta de los Apóstoles, aka Portada de la Coronería -- Source caption: "La Puerta de la Coronería está datada en el año 1250. Su autor fue el maestro Enrique.."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ángel M. Felicísimo, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 Novermber 2015 by Ángel M. Felicísimo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catedral_de_Burgos,_Puerta_de_la_Coronería.jpg] [accessed 24 September 2016]
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Carlos Delgado, 2014
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 7 July 2014 by Carlos Delgado [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catedral_de_Santa_María_de_Burgos_-_02.jpg] [accessed 24 September 2016]
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view of church exterior - west façade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Carlos Delgado, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2014 by Carlos Delgado [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catedral_de_Santa_María_de_Burgos_-_01.jpg] [accessed 24 September 2016]
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view of church exterior in context - north view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © FAR, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 April 2007 by FAR [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catedral_de_Burgos-Parador.JPG] [accessed 24 September 2016]
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view of church exterior - north portal
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Image Source: digital image of a drawing in Jenaro Pérez Villaamil's España artística y monumental (Paris: Alberto Hauser, 1850), p. 62
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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view of church interior - north aisle - chapel - detail
Scene Description: Capilla de Santa Tecla, at the west end of the north aisle, the baptismal chapel that houses the baptismal font
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 September 2014 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burgos_-_Catedral,_Capilla_de_Santa_Tecla_13.jpg] [accessed 24 September 2016]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: at the transept
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 January 2013 by José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Transept_-_Cathedral_of_Burgos.JPG] [accessed 24 September 2016]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Ramon Rodriguez Sosa, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 September 2010 by Juan Ramon Rodriguez Sosa [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interior_Catedral_de_Burgos_(4952304928).jpg] [accessed 24 September 2016]
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Apostle or saint - Apostles - unidenitfied - 12
Scene Description: the figures are haloed; some (?) appear to carry the identifying symbol [e.g.: Peter's key is easily discernible]
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 5 June 1999 by BSI
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view of basin - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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view of basin - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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view of basin - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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view of base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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view of basin - detail
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Peter - holding 1 key
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00524BUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 1999-06-05
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Early Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Santa Iglesia Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de Santa María de Burgos
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chapel of Santa Tecla, off the N aisle, W end
Church Patron Saint(s): [The original church was dedicated to The Assumption of St. Mary]
Church Notes: original Romanesque church completed 1096;
Church Address: Plaza de Santa María, s/n, 09003 Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: The cathedral is in the city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Additional Comments: famous person font (the present font; in it was baptised Pablo de Santa Maria, "el Burgense", famous converso, on 21 July 1390) -- disappeared***IMAGES RECEIVED -- TO BE LOADED AND ENTERED IN IMAGE SUBFORM*** font? (the one from the 11thC original church here)
Font Notes:
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Described in López Mata (1966: 312), in Pérez Carmona (1974: 123), in Guerra (1986 c1978: 84 fn42), in Rico (1994: 402ff), in Bilbao (1996: fig. 86, p. 273 et al.), in López Martínez (2004: 30). Baptismal font of the late Romanesque or Early Gothic period, could be as early as the late 12th century. The large basin has a multi-lobed rim; the 12 sides have blind round arches alternating with pointed ones which contain the figures of the twelve Apostles; the spandrels contain 3-petal flowers; a rope motif band separates the basin from a large round plinth decorated with roll mouldings. On-site notes: there are two crowns carved on the underbowl; also, evidence of old hinges on the upper rim; the underbowl, which originally had full decoration is much damaged and little of the decoration survives; the lower base appears modern; next to the font was a bucket-shaped vessel of stone with a cover resembling a smaller font, but we were not allowed access to investigate it. [NB: the font has been considerably cleaned and restored after our 1997 visit and before 2014].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font, and to him and Mikel Unanue for their help documenting it. We are also grateful to Mariano Sebastian Moreno, of www.sebasplumillasromanico.net, for his drawing of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 441969 4687857
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.340806, -3.704472
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 20′ 26.9″ N, 3° 42′ 16.1″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two (bowl and base)
Font Shape: multi-lobed, 12 lobes, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: multi-lobed (12)
Basin Exterior Shape: multi-lobed, twelve lobes
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 12-16 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 112-145 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 138-145 cm* / 144 cm**
Basin Depth: 60 cm*
Basin Total Height: 60 cm*
Height of Base: 40 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** Bilbao (1996: 273)
REFERENCES
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996, p. 107, 195, 273 and fig. 86
- Guerra, Manuel, Simbología románica: el cristianismo y otras religiones en el arte románico, Madrid: Fundación Universitaria Española, 1986, c1978, p. 84 fn42
- López Martínez, Nicolás, La Catedral de Burgos, patrimonio de la humanidad, León: EDILESA, 2004, p. 30
- López Mata, Teófilo, La Catedral de Burgos, 1966, p. 312
- Pérez Carmona, J., Arquitectura y Escultura Románicas en la Provincia de Burgos, Burgos: Facultad de Teología del Norte de España, 1974, p. 123
- Rico Santamaría, Marcos, La Catedral de Burgos: patrimonio del mundo, Vitoria: Heraclio Fournier, 1994, p. 402ff