Entrambasaguas de Mena / Tramasaguas

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symbol - star - 4-point

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 00572ENT
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Juliana [orig. from the earlier church]
Church Patron Saints: St. Juliana
Church Location: Carr. Mercadillo 28, Entrambasaguas de Mena, Burgos, Spain -- Tel.: +34 947 12 60 54
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located NW of the C6318, 3-4 km NNE of Villasana de Mena, in the municipality of Valle de Mena, 40 km from Bilbao and Villarcayo, 112 km from Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Santander
Historical Region: Comarca de las Merindades
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, by the altar, north side [formerly at the W end of the nave]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: Original Romanesque church; present church is mid-19thC
Described in Bilbao (1996) as an unmounted baptismal font of the Romanesque period, originally from the old parish church (now disappeared); the basin has a band of four-point star motif on the upper part; no base or plinth. The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 16 March 2023] mentions the modern church "dedicada a Santa Juliana" but not the font in it. Neither the church nor the font are mentioned in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/] [accessed 16 March 2023]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cauldron (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 93 cm
Basin Total Height: 68 cm.
Font Height (less Plinth): 68 cm.
Notes on Measurements: Bilbao (1996: 278)

REFERENCES

Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996