Cueva de Juarros / Cueba

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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

design element - motifs - moulding

design element - motifs - rope moulding

design element - patterns - ribbed - concave

view of church exterior - northwest view

Scene Description: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pantaleón Mártir
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fundación Santa María la Real, 2023
Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_CUEVA_DE_JUARROS.pdf] [accessed 19 March 2023]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: the impressive pre-Romanesque Ermita de Nuestra Señora del Cerro: exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fundación Santa María la Real, 2023
Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_CUEVA_DE_JUARROS.pdf] [accessed 19 March 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the impressive pre-Romanesque Ermita de Nuestra Señora del Cerro: interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fundación Santa María la Real, 2023
Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_CUEVA_DE_JUARROS.pdf] [accessed 19 March 2023]
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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: the impressive pre-Romanesque Ermita de Nuestra Señora del Cerro: interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fundación Santa María la Real, 2023
Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_CUEVA_DE_JUARROS.pdf] [accessed 19 March 2023]
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view of church interior - nave - column - detail

Scene Description: the impressive pre-Romanesque Ermita de Nuestra Señora del Cerro: interior; detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fundación Santa María la Real, 2023
Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_CUEVA_DE_JUARROS.pdf] [accessed 19 March 2023]
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view of church interior - nave - north side - detail

Scene Description: the impressive pre-Romanesque Ermita de Nuestra Señora del Cerro: interior; north side, detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fundación Santa María la Real, 2023
Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_CUEVA_DE_JUARROS.pdf] [accessed 19 March 2023]
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view of font

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Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_CUEVA_DE_JUARROS.pdf] [accessed 19 March 2023]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 00566CUE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pantaleón Mártir [La Natividad de Nuestra Señora in Madoz' Diccionario]
Church Patron Saints: St. Pantaleon (aka Panteleimon)
Church Location: Calle Pl., 21, 09198 Cueva de Juarros, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the BU-V-8002, in the municipality of Ibeas de Juarros, near the Atapuerca archaeological site, 15-20 km ESE of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Alfoz de Burgos
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the wall, north side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico
Church Notes: church originally late-Romanesque; has retable by Diego de Siloé [restored s. XXI] [León Picardo?]
Font Notes:
Described in Bilbao (1996). Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_CUEVA_DE_JUARROS.pdf] [accessed 16 March 2023] as a baptismmal font somewhat similar of the one at Cojóbar, but of a better workmanship, and closer probably to the one at Santa Cruz de Juarros: "pila bautismal, en forma de copa, tallada en piedra arenisca, con una altura de 79,5 cm y un diámetro de 109 cm. El pie es un sencillo cilindro con baquetón central y la copa, hemisférica, presenta el interior avenerado y el exterior con cordón en la embocadura, nueve sencillos arcos de medio punto y un nuevo cordón en la parte inferior." The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 16 March 2023] notes: "iglesia renacentista, dedicada a San Pantaleón […] La pila es románica con grandes arcos y sogueado inferior". The basin is ribbed on the inside, while the outer sides are ornamented with a blind arcade of wide arches; at the bottom of the basin a rope moulding; short round base with moulding. The impressive nearby pre-Romanesque Ermita de Nuestra Señora del Cerro is described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_CUEVA_DE_JUARROS.pdf] [accessed 16 March 2023], in which there is possibly medieval holy-water stoup but no baptismal font now.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42º 16' 37.40'' N, 3º 32' 11.15'' W
UTM: 30T 455770 4680605

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 108 cm* / 109 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 81 cm* / 79.5 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996) / ** 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
Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2002-