Gijano / Gijano de Mena / Guijano

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design element - motifs - floral - 5-petalled - in a cricle

Scene Description: seen here on the right

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design element or symbol - unidentified

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design element or symbol - unidentified

Scene Description: seen here to the right of the 5-petalled motif

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symbol - cross - fleuronnée

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symbol - star - 5 points

Scene Description: seen here on the right

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view of basin

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view of basin - detail

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view of basin - detail

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view of basin - interior

Scene Description: showing the centre drain

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view of church exterior - south view

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view of church interior - chancel and east end

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Scene Description: located by the north pilar of the chancel arch; the step up to the chancel seen here to the right of the font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00584GIJ
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santiago Apóstol
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Church Location: c/ Gijano, 09585 Gijano, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the CL-629, SE of Balmaseda en the provincial border with Vizcaya, about 120 km NNW of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos [formerly in the diócesis de Santander]
Historical Region: Valle de Mena
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NE corner of the nave [earlier at the W end, N side]
Century and Period: , Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: medieval church; much modified
Described in Bilbao (1996: 256, 279-280) as an object used until recently as a baptismal font; the rather crude bowl has a squence of symbols on the upper part: Greek cross, 2 fleur-de-lys, 5-point star and an encircled 6-petal flower; next to these, as Bilbao points out, a disconcerting epigraphic sequence, neither Latin nor Greek, nor are the characters Iberian or Arabic, although some resemblance to either has been noted. The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 19 December 2021] notes: "iglesia [...] dedicada a Santiago Apóstol [...] una de las poquísimas iglesias de la provincia que tienen la torre redonda", but does not mention its font. No entry found for Gijano in the Enciclopedia del románico. No cover present. The font was located in the northwest corner of the nave but it is now December 2021 in the chancel, north side.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 82 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 82 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996: 279)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: Bilbao reports it as being in unknown characters
Inscription Location: around the basin
Inscription Text: [Illegible]
Inscription Source: Bilbao (1996: 256)

REFERENCES

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