Espinosa de Cervera No. 1

Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2014

Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 3 November 2014)

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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - columns with capitals

Scene Description: the whole could also be described as a concave ribbed pattern topped with round arch-heads

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 November 2014 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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information

Scene Description: posted outside the church

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: notice the position of the metal staples of the cover; they have probably been moved a few inches away from their original position, which is indicated now by the visible damage to the rim

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 November 2014 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church exterior - northeast end

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 November 2014 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church exterior - south view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 November 2014 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church exterior - southeast end

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 November 2014 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church exterior in context

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 November 2014 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church interior - capital

Scene Description: chancel arch?

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 November 2014 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church interior - chancel

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 November 2014 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church interior - west end

Scene Description: with the baptistery enclusre beneath the west gallery

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 November 2014 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 November 2014 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font

Scene Description: the shape of the basin can be decribed as round or as having fifteen sides, as the erosion of the stone makes the angles almost invisible

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 November 2014 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font in context

Scene Description: in the enclosure used as baptistery

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 November 2014 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00573ESP
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Millán Abad [aka San Millán de la Cogolla]
Church Patron Saints: St. Aemilian of Cogolla [aka Aemilianus, Emiliaus, Millán de la Cogolla]
Church Location: C. de la Iglesia, 2, 9610 Espinosa de Cervera, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located on the BU-910, 11 km S of Sto. Domingo de Silos, about 40 km NNE of Aranda de Duero, 66 km SSE of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de Arlanza
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, N side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: Romanesque church; much modified since
Described in Bilbao (1996) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the polygonal bowl has fifteen sides, each with a round arch; rope motif ornamentation below; base has truncated cone shape. [NB: Bilbao (ibid.) describes the basin as hemispherical on p. 53, but as a 15-sided polygon on p. 278]. Valle Barreda (2009) notes a baptismal font at the west end of the nave, round basin decorated with blind round arches on columns. Valle Barreda (ibid.) also reports a medieval holy-water stoup located opposite the doorway and decorated on three sides with round arches. The entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_ESPINOSA_DE_CERVERA.pdf] [accessed 16 March 2023] reports two items of our interest: a font and a holy-water stoup that is described as Romanesque and made of limestone: "A los pies de la nave del evangelio se encuentra la pila bautismal (100 cm de diámetro × 94 cm de altura) formada por una copa semiesférica decorada con una moldura sogueada en la base y una serie de arcos de medio punto en el resto. Frente a la puerta de la entrada y adosada a la columna del segundo tramo hay un pila aguabenditera románica. Es de piedra caliza y está decorada en tres de sus caras con dobles arcos de medio punto que llevan tallado en sus enjutas un motivo triangular." 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: "El ábside es románico, con columnas, ventanal, ajedrezado, canes y bolas repetidas. Los capiteles interiores son de 1087. La portada es también románica. lo mismo que la torre, cuadrada, clásica, con ventanales gemelos a los cuatro lados y remate de tipo de almena […] La pila es románica, con arcos insinuados y pie cónico. la de agua bendita es un capitel visigótico con pie del siglo XVI." [cf. Index entry for Espinosa de Cervera No. 2 for composite stoup in this church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.896111, -3.468333
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 53′ 46″ N, 3° 28′ 6″ W
UTM: 30T 461151 4638348

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: polygonal (15 sides) (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal (15 sides)
Diameter (includes rim): 100 cm* / **
Font Height (less Plinth): 92 cm* / 94 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996: 278-279) / ** Enciclopedia del románico

LID INFORMATION

Notes: metal staples present in the upper rim

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