Contreras / Cobas Contrarias / Contrarias

Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2022

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design element - architectural - arch - inverted - 6

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Image Source: digital photograph January 2022 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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design element - motifs - floral

Scene Description: inscribed in the interlace

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design element - motifs - floral - lily?

Scene Description: fleur-de-lis? Incised, rather than carved; the stem of the flower is incised on the stem of the base

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Image Source: digital photograph January 2022 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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design element - motifs - interlace - diamond-shaped

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: much damaged in some areas

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Image Source: digital photograph January 2022 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2022

Image Source: digital photograph January 2022 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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design element - motifs - unidentified

Scene Description: three of them besides the fruit bunch

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symbol - fruit - grapes? (arum?)

Scene Description: a bunch of, seen here on the left

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Image Source: digital photograph January 2022 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: a large damaged area

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view of basin - interior

Scene Description: showing the drain hole

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Image Source: digital photograph January 2022 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church exterior in context - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, en Contreras."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Trastolillo, 2019

Image Source: digital pgotograph 11 May 2019 by Trastolillo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Nuestra_Señora_de_la_Asunción_05.jpg] [accessed 27 January 2022]

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font in context

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view of font in context

Scene Description: [NB: the font was reported earlier [ca. 1996] in the baptistery, at the west end of the nave]

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Image Source: digital photograph January 2022 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font in context

Scene Description: [NB: the font was reported earlier [ca. 1996] in the baptistery, at the west end of the nave]

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Image Source: digital photograph January 2022 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font in context

Scene Description: [NB: the font was reported earlier [ca. 1996] in the baptistery, at the west end of the nave]

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Image Source: digital photograph January 2022 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of stoup

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

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view of stoup - detail

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view of stoup - detail

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view of stoup - upper view

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00562CON
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: c/ Asunción, 50, 09613 Contreras, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located near Barbadillo del Mercado, about 6 km N of the Monasterio de Silos, S of the N-234, 11 km W of Salas de los Infantes, about SSE 50 km of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Alfoz de Lara
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, S aisle, E end [formerly in the baptistery, at the W end of the nave]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Covarrubias [cf. FontNotes]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font
Described in Bilbao (1996). Noted and illustrated in Valle Barreda (2009). Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico [www.romanicodigital.com] [accessed 27 January 2022]: "El templo parece obra del siglo XVI pero con formas tardogóticas y pilares renacientes. El único elemento románico es la pila bautismal que se encuentra actualmente ubicada en la cabecera de la nave de la epístola. Tallada en piedra caliza, con una altura de 92,5 cm y un diámetro de 97 cm, presenta forma de copa, decorada en su parte superior con entrelazo de mimbres formando figuras romboidales que albergan a flores cuatripétalas de hojas agudas, mientras en la inferior son grandes flores de lis incisas el elemento ornamental. El pie está compuesto por una basa con plinto cuadrangular sobre la que se dispone un grueso toro acotado por cuatro racimos angulares, sobre el que se alza un pie cilíndrico recorrido por incisiones, a modo de ar cos invertidos. Esta pila guarda notable parentesco con la de la colegiata de Covarrubias." The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 27 January 2022] notes: "la iglesia, dedicada a la Asunción de Nuestra Señora, es gótica [...] La portada es clasicista [...] La pila del agua bendita tiene pie renacentista que sostiene una concha marina"; it does not mention the baptismal font itself. Baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the upper rim has a roll moulding; below is a band of lozenge-shaped interlacing with inscribed flowers; the underbowl is ornamented with incised stylised fleur de lis motifs; the round base is decorated with six inverted arches; the square lower base has a bunch of grapes(?) at each corner. Some damage visible on the upper rim.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.01845, -3.408528
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 1′ 6.42″ N, 3° 24′ 30.7″ W
UTM: 30T 466176 4651905

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 97 cm* / **
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm* / 92.5 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996: 277) / ** Enciclopedia del románico

REFERENCES

Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996
Valle Barreda, César del, Todo el románico de Burgos, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, 2009