Canizar de Argano / Cañizar de Argaño / Cañizar de los Ajos / Cannizar

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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

Scene Description: over thvery eroded and faint

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 26 June 2021 by maoa [https://www.verpueblos.com/castilla+y+leon/burgos/canizar+de+argano/foto/1610388/] [accessed 14 March 2023]

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design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: very eroded and faint

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design element - patterns - ribbed - concave

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view of font in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00532CAN

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Caprasio Mártir

Church Patron Saints: St. Caprasius

Church Location: c/ Subida Iglesia, 30, Cañizar de Argaño, 09133 Isar, Burgos, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Burgos, Castilla y León

Directions to Site: Located off the BU-627, in the municipality and 6 km N of Isar, 24 km WNW of Burgos capital

Historical Region: Comarca de Odra-Pisuerga / Alfoz de Hormaza

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, towards the W end of the nave, N side

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Church Notes: 15thC church with later modifications

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed March 2023] notes: "San Caprasio, mártir, es el titular de su iglesia, gótica, pero con multitud de añadidos en los siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII [...] La pila es románica, con arquitos, sencilla". Described in Bilbao (1996: 274) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the basin sides are ribbed and decorated over the ribs with round arches; the inside of the bowl concave ribbing; round base on a square lower base. The entry for this village in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_CAÑIZAR_DE_ARGAÑO.pdf] [accessed 14 March 2023] mentions neither church nor font in it.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 422230 4695130

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Number of Pieces: three

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Diameter (includes rim): 116 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 97 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996: 274)

REFERENCES

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