Canizar de Argano / Cañizar de Argaño / Cañizar de los Ajos / Cannizar
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design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: very eroded and faint
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches
Scene Description: over thvery eroded and faint
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design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
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Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00532CAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Caprasio Mártir
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, towards the W end of the nave, N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Caprasius
Church Notes: 15thC church with later modifications
Church Address: c/ Subida Iglesia, 30, Cañizar de Argaño, 09133 Isar, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
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 Notes:
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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.
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
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, p. 274