Melgosa de Villadiego
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design element - architectural - arch-head - round
![over-imposed on the ribbed pattern [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1201120011_compressed.png)
Scene Description: over-imposed on the ribbed pattern [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: digital photograph 19 November 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2
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design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
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design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
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view of base
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: showing the central drain hole
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view of church exterior - south porch and portal
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view of church exterior - south portal - east side
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view of church exterior - south portal - east side - detail
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view of church interior - chancel and east end
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view of church interior - looking east
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view of church interior - west end
![with the font in the northwest corner; the wooden cover is seen here standing against the right [north] wall](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1201120006_compressed.png)
Scene Description: with the font in the northwest corner; the wooden cover is seen here standing against the right [north] wall
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view of font - east view
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view of font - south view
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view of font - upper view - south view
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view of font - upper view - southeast side
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view of font and cover - southeast view
![the two parts of the wooden cover are seen here on the ground, against the right [north] wall](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1201120007_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the two parts of the wooden cover are seen here on the ground, against the right [north] wall
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INFORMATION
FontID: 00615MEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Eulalia
Church Patron Saints: St. Eulalia of Mérida
Church Location: Calle Iglesia, 09129 Melgosa de Villadiego, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the CL-633 / BU-601, 8 km NE of Villadiego, 25-30 km NW of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de Odra-Pisuerga / Cuadrilla del Condado
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the S end, S side
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Cognate Fonts: somewhat similar to the font at nearby Villanueva de Puerta
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: late-Romanesque(?) church modified 16th, 18thC
Font Notes:
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Described in Bilbao (1996). Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ) [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_MELGOSA_DE_VILLADIEGO.pdf] [accessed 23 March 2023] [accessed 23 Mach 2023] as a Romanesque font made of limestone; the roughly hemispherical basin has ribbed pattern ornamentation inside and out; the outer side has an arcade superimposed on the ribs; the rim has two levels; the squat base is round and moulded; the Enciclopedia (ibid.) suggests the font at nearby Villanueva de Puerta as having some similarities with this one: "pila bautismal de traza románica. Realizada en caliza, presenta 90 cm de alto × 130 cm de diámetro. La copa es semicircular, gallonada al exterior por diecinueve gajos y avenerada al interior. Orna su parte superior una arquería sobre la que continúan los gajos hasta la embocadura, rematada a dos alturas. Esta copa presenta similitudes con la de la cercana localidad de Villanueva de Puerta. Carece de fuste y se asienta directamente sobre la basa, formada por muy fino plinto, toro y escocia." The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 23 March 2023] describes its baptismal font: "La pila es románica, buena, con gallones exteriores unidos por anillo, con avenerado interior y pie circular moldurado."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 422211 4711465
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 132 cm* / 130 cm**
Font Height (with Plinth): 91 cm* / 90 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996) / ** Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- )
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat, plain and round; hinged in the middle; modern
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-