Cuzcurrita de Juarros No. 1

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view of font

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view of font in context

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view of font

Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [www.romanicodigital.com]

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view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of basin - interior

Scene Description: showing the through crack from the inside; no drain visible; two anchorage spots in the upper rim for an earlier font cover?

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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design element - motifs - circle

Scene Description: showing the large through crack on the basin side

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: much damaged area of the basin; the spandrel appears to have had another circle in it

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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symbol - cross - Greek - pattée

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symbol - star - 5-point

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view of basin

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symbol - cross - Latin

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design element - architectural - arch-head - round - 10

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: the present church is chiefly 18thC

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: showing the font partially on the left [south] side, by the stairs leading up to the west gallery

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church interior - altar and retable

Scene Description: the present church is chiefly 18thC

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the present church is chiefly 18thC

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of base

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design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: now almost completely obliterated

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 00569CUZ

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Román

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end, S side, by the gallery stairs

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Romanus

Church Notes: present church chiefly 18thC

Church Address: 09198 Cuzcurrita de Juarros, Burgos, Spain

Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe

Directions to Site: Located off (S) the N-120, just N of Cueva de Juarros, in the municipality of Ibeas de Juarros, about 20 km ESE of Burgos capital

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos

Historical Region: Alfoz de Burgos

Additional Comments: damaged font (the basin is cracked through)

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Bilbao (1996) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period. Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ) [www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_CUZCURRITA_DE_JUARROS.pdf] [accessed 19 April 2021] the red sandstone basin is decorated with an arcade of ten irregular round arches; in the spandrels are circles, Greek and Latin crosses and a five-point star; raised on a circular base. No cover present. The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 19 April March 2021] notes: "San Román, mártir, es el titular de su iglesia [...] La pila es románica con sogueado en borde y arcos insinuados en copa y tiene base cilíndrica. " [NB: a second font from this location is now at the Monasterio de la Vid -- cf. Index entry for Cuzcurrita de Juarros No. 2]

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. We are also grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font

COORDINATES

UTM: 39T 456042 4682331

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42º 17' 30.13'' W, 3º 31' 57.63'' W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (red)

Number of Pieces: two?

Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage System: no drainage system

Drainage Notes: no lining

Diameter (includes rim): 88 cm* / **

Font Height (less Plinth): 87 cm* / **

Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996) / ** Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- )

REFERENCES

Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996, p. 80, 81, 278
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-, vol. 12: 1145