Espinosilla de San Bartolome / Granja de Espinosilla de San Bartolomé / Spinosa
Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2019
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 23 June 2019)
Results: 4 records
design element - motifs - rope moulding
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 October 2017 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 23 June 2019)
design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
Scene Description: around the inside of the basin [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 October 2017 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 23 June 2019)
view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 October 2017 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 23 June 2019)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 October 2017 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 23 June 2019)
INFORMATION
FontID: 00577ESP
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Millán Abad
Church Patron Saints: St. Aemilian of Cogolla [aka Aemilianus, Emiliaus, Millán de la Cogolla]
Church Location: Diseminado Diseminados, 3, 09150 Espinosilla de San Bartolomé, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the BU-630, 5 km SE of Las Hormazas, and in its municipality, 35-40 km NW of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Alfoz de Burgos
Font Location in Church: In an annex, next to the church door
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Early Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: 12thC church; modified 17th, 18thC
Described in Bilbao (1996) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period. Described in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ) [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_ESPINOSILLA_DE_SAN_BARTOLOMÉ.pdf] [accessed 16 March 2023]: De fábrica románica es también la pila bautismal, sita en el anexo de la portada. Posee una traza muy básica, con pie circular decorado con motivo de cordado y copa del tipo troncocónico invertido, con estrechamiento acentuado en la subcopa, lisa en su exterior y avenerada al inte-rior, con un diámetro de 130 cm." 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: "hermosa iglesia dedicada a San Millán, abad, de cabecera románica con bóveda de medio cañón […] El ábside es románico […] La pila es románica, de copa, lisa por fuera y avenerada por dentro." The font consists of a basin plain on the outside but decorated with concave ribbing all around the inside, which suggests a date in the Gothic period; the base may have been decorated with rope motif but is very worn, practically indiscernible now. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
42.532639,
-3.869978
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
42° 31′ 57.5″ N,
3° 52′ 11.92″ W
UTM: 30T 428554 4709284
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round (with concave ribbing)
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 130 cm* / 130 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 95 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-
