Castrovido
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view of font - upper view
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view of font - upper view
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paula Guillot, 2011
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 26 June 2011 by Paula Guillot [www.flickr.com/photos/paulayjesus/] [accessed 29 December 2011]
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: drilled holes in the upper rim are visible here; they must have housed the hardware of the font cover
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - horseshoe arches - intersecting arches
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paula Guillot, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 June 2011 by Paula Guillot [www.flickr.com/photos/paulayjesus/] [accessed 29 December 2011]
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 December 2020)
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 December 2020)
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paula Guillot, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 June 2011 by Paula Guillot [www.flickr.com/photos/paulayjesus/] [accessed 29 December 2011]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00542CAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín de Tours [aka San Martin Obispo]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, beneath the gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: [NB: address of the parish church in Castrovido] Calle San Martín, 35, 09613 Castrovido, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) of the BU-825, on the E bank of the Arlanza river, in the municipality and 4 km NE of Salas de los Infantes, about 60 km SE of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Additional Comments: damaged font
Font Notes:
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Described in Bilbao (1996). Noted and illustrated in Valle Barreda (2009) as Romanesque, despite the Mozarabic arches and the square shape. Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del Romanico[...] with possible associations, at least stylistically, to the monastery of San Juan de Duero, and gives its possible provenance as the Ermita [rural church] de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, also in Castrovido. The Enciclopedia [...] further notes that the ax carving is indicative of a date well into the Romanesque, despite the horseshoe arcade of Mozarabic memory; it is also remarked that the lower finish may be a later re-carving. The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed March 2023] notes: "Su iglesia está dedicada a San Martín, obispo, y es de una nave con arcos y
nervios góticos en la cabecera, y la techumbre del resto es de madera [...] la pila es cuadrada con decoración de arcos románicos de herradura ". The font consists of a quadrangular basin on four short legs that are extensions of the angles of the cube; the super-imposed intersecting horseshoe arches are large, some of them damaged; the inside of the basin well is also square; as noted in the Enciclopedia above, the four crude legs carved out of the bottom of the basin is probably a later alteration. No cover present
nervios góticos en la cabecera, y la techumbre del resto es de madera [...] la pila es cuadrada con decoración de arcos románicos de herradura ". The font consists of a quadrangular basin on four short legs that are extensions of the angles of the cube; the super-imposed intersecting horseshoe arches are large, some of them damaged; the inside of the basin well is also square; as noted in the Enciclopedia above, the four crude legs carved out of the bottom of the basin is probably a later alteration. No cover present
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Paula Guillot and to Pedro Lozano Huerta for their photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 477570 4654253
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (reddish)
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: rectangular
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Basin Total Height: 76 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 78 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 85 x 84 cm* / 81 x 84 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996: 275) / ** Enclopedia del Romanico...
REFERENCES
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996, p. 57, 86, 275
- Valle Barreda, César del, Todo el románico de Burgos, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, 2009, p. 503