Monterrubio de la Demanda / Monte Ruuio / Mont Ruvio / Monte Ruyo / Montruvio

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Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 12 January 2021)

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bview of font

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design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: it appears to be part of the pedestal block

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design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: notice the altered upper end, all around the rim; there probably was a moulding of some sort around the outside, it was probably damaged and has been crudely repaired

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Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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design element - patterns - ribbed - concave

Scene Description: very irregular and probably a later re-carving

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view of base

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Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of basin - interior

Scene Description: it appears not to have a drain, unless it has been cemented closed

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Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of basin - upper view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church exterior - east end

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Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church exterior - east end - detail

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Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church exterior - northeast end

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Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Estevoaei, 2019

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 11 May 2019 by Estevoaei [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monterrubio_de_la_Demanda_igrexa.jpg] [accessed 13 January 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: view of the chapel of ease Ermita de Nuestra Señora de Caraba, also in Monterrubio de la Demanda

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Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church interior - looking east

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Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church interior - looking north

Scene Description: looking at the north wall from behind the altar

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Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church interior - southeast view

Scene Description: view from the altar of the lavabo in the left arch, and the intranceway into the sacristy in the right arch

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view of font

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Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font - upper view

Scene Description: notice the irregular and probably re-carved inner concave ribbing

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Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00619MON
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Calle de la Iglesia, 10, 09615 Monterrubio de la Demanda, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the BU-825, just W of the provincial border with La Rioja, 82 km WSW of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca Sierra de la Demanda
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, beneath the gallery
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval / composite
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: Romanesque church; much modified 18thC
Described in Bilbao (1996) and in Valle Barreda (2009) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the basin is ribbed inside and out. Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ) [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_MONTERRUBIO_DE_LA_DEMANDA.pdf] [accessed 28 March 2023]: "al fondo de la nave se conserva la copa de un ejemplar de pila bautismal de traza románica, exteriormente abujardada y ornada con un bocel en la embocadura y gallones, de 109 cm de diámetro × 57 cm de altura, interiormente avenerada, sobre tenante poligonal posterior de 48 cm de altura." The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 28 March 2023] notes: "iglesia, dedicada a San Juan Bautista, renacentista [...] su ábside es rectangular, románico [...] portada barroca [...] ahora cegada [...] La pila es gótica, con gallones y pie exagonal en cono".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.14912, -3.114495
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 8′ 56.83″ N, 3° 6′ 52.18″ W
UTM: 30T 490540 4666339

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 113 cm* / 109 cm**
Basin Total Height: 57 cm**
Height of Base: 48 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 106 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996: 284) / ** 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
Valle Barreda, César del, Todo el románico de Burgos, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, 2009