Grijalba / Ecclesia alba
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animal - mammal - lion - with prey - snake
![[cf. Font notes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1160912017_compressed.png)
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2016 by Cristina Sanchez
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design element - motifs - braid - 3-strand
Scene Description: with hanging knotted ropes or tassels
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design element - motifs - groove - 2
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design element - motifs - wave - triple - with palmettes
Scene Description: and hanging knotted ropes or tassels
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design element - patterns - ribbed
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design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
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information
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view of basin
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view of basin - interior
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: with the font in the centre
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view of font
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view of font - upper view
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view of font in context
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the plinth of the font in its original position; the font was later moved to the centre of the aisle but the plinth and the drain hole remains in situ
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view of font in context - west side
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view of stoup
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view of stoup in context
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INFORMATION
FontID: 00586GRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Maria [Nuestra Señora] de los Reyes y San Miguel
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & St. Michael
Church Location: 09128 Grijalba, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A-231 and the N-120, about 40 km WNW of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de Odra-Pisuerga
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, beneath the W gallery [moved]
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Cognate Fonts: Similar, though not identical, to the font at nearby Villegas; also to the fonts at Bañuelos del Rudrón, Grijalba, Villamayor de Treviño, La Piedra, Villasandino, Rebolledo de Traspeña y Los Valcárceres
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Cristina Sánchez for her photographs of this church and font
Font Notes:
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Described in Bilbao (1996): as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period. Described in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ), which indicates similarities between the fonts at Bañuelos del Rudrón, Grijalba, Villegas, Villamayor de Treviño, La Piedra, Villasandino, Rebolledo de Traspeña y Los Valcárceres; the basin has a background pattern of broad ribs over which are superimposed two bands of interlace; the upper band is a three-strand braid; the lower one is a thre-brand wave, the blanks filled with palmette motifs; at the upper peaks of the wave are little knotted ropes; the round base on which it is raised is badly damaged and worn, on which Bilbao (ibid.) identifies a lion devouring a snake on one of the sides. The Enciclopedia… (ibid.) notes that the font was moved from its original position at the north side of the west end, where the old plinth still remains, to the present position at the west end of the central nave. The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 21 March 2023] notes: "Santa María de los Reyes, es una joya gótica, con restos románicos, fundada por Alfonso VII en 1140 y concluida en el siglo XIV […] La pila es románica, con gallones y entrelazos, avenerada por dentro y pie poligonal con decoración de un león luchando con una serpiente."
The general shape of the font and the double ribbed pattern, inside and outside, would suggest a dating into the Gothic period.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 407962 4698096
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 134 cm* / **
Basin Total Height: 59 cm**
Height of Base: 45 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 107 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
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-