Moradillo de Roa No. 1

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animal - fabulous animal or monster - head - devouring human

Scene Description: only the lower part of the prey remains out of the jaws

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 May 1999 by BSI

animal - mammal - bovine? - head

Scene Description: in the centre insterstice or spandrel here

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 May 1999 by BSI

animal - mammal - head - unidentified

Scene Description: fox-like?

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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animal - unidentified - head

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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cleric - bishop - head - wearing mitre

Scene Description: in the right interstice or spandrel here

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 May 1999 by BSI

design element - motifs - fruit - pineapple?

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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design element - motifs - leaf

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 May 1999 by BSI

design element - motifs - scroll? leaf?

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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design element - motifs - unidentified

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus or grapevine?

Scene Description: all around the upper basin side

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 May 1999 by BSI

design element - patterns - reticular

Scene Description: incised on the sides of the stem [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: very broad and deeply-carved ribs all around

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 May 1999 by BSI

human figure - grotesque or fantastic - head

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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human figure - head

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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human figure - head

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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human figure - head

Scene Description: perhaps wearing head-dress?

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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human figure - head

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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human figure - head - wearing headdress

Scene Description: female?

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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human figure - male - crowned

Scene Description: seen here in the middle interstice or spandrel

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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human figure - male - head - bearded

Scene Description: seen here at the extreme left interstice or spandrel

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 May 1999 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 4 May 2010, in WikiBurgos [www.wikiburgos.es/wiki/Archivo:Moradillo_de_roa04.jpg] [accessed 28 May 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church interior - retable

Scene Description: in the area where the font is now [2000-2021]

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font and cover in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font and cover in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font and cover in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00623MOR

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Apóstol

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter

Church Location: 09462 Moradillo de Roa, Burgos, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Burgos, Castilla y León

Directions to Site: Located off te CL-603, W of the A-1 / E-5, 16 km SW of Aranda de Duero, 107 km from Burgos capital

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos

Historical Region: Comarca de la Ribera del Duero

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, near the altar, N side [formerly in a baptistry that existed near the entrance]

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?

Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in Bilbao (1996). The entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_MORADILLO_DE_ROA.pdf] [accessed 18 March 2023] writes of two Romanesque baptismal fonts in it, one inside the church, the other outside, in the porch: "En realidad como únicos elementos románicos podemos considerar a las dos pilas bautismales que aquí se conservan, una en el interior del templo y otra expuesta en el pórtico. La primera se encuentra en el testero de la nave del evangelio y es una enorme pieza hecha en piedra caliza, de 85 cm de altura y 156 cm de diámetro, en forma de copa dispuesta sobre un podio circular. El vaso, de forma hemisférica, se decora en la embocadura con una cenefa de zarcillos ondulantes, con hojas lobuladas, bajo la que aparecen abultados gallones, entre los que se disponen catorce figuritas representando a cabezas humanas, cabezas de toro y motivos vegetales. Llamativo es también e lpie, de corta altura y tendencia cilíndrica, decorado con una serie de toscas incisiones a medio camino entre representaciones geométricas y vegetales. Es una notable pieza cuya decoración la emparenta con las de Hontangas, Torregalindo y con la que se guarda en Fuentelisendo procedente del despoblado de Corcos, aunque de todas ellas es la de mejor calidad y mayor tamaño. Su cronología podría cifrarse en el entorno de 1200. Más sencilla es la que hay en el pórtico, también hecha en piedra caliza, con una altura de 79 cm y un diámetro de 107,5 cm. Tiene forma de copa, con tosco pie cilíndrico y vaso hemisférico irregular, decorado en la embocadura con una cenefa lisa, cuya parte inferior traza arquillos de medio punto que se corresponden con otros tantos gallones. Su morfología es muy común, especialmente en tierras sorianas, y las marcas del trabajo de la piedra, a trinchante, nos la llevarían a una data algo más tardía que la anterior." The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 17 January 2022] notes: "iglesia dedicada a San Pedro, Apóstol, de transición del románico al gótico [...] La pila es románica, buena, con gallones y cabezas intercaladas y cene-fa vegetal superior y pie cilíndrico en cono." On-site notes: very large baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the huge basin is roughly hemispherical; the side proper has a busily carved vine all around forming a broad band; the underbowl begins right under this band and has very large and pronounced ribbed pattern (twelve ribs?); at the upper interstices between the ribs are small motifs, most of them human or animal heads, some of which appear to be grotesque; one is clearly in the midst of devouring a human (?) body of which only the buttocks and dangling legs are visible; a few of the motifs are vegetal; there is a roll moulding at the top of the circular base; the surface of the stem of the base appears to have been touched-up (?) with a busy incised pattern resembling cob-webs, and, in them, some odd shapes appear [are these the bull protomes noted in Valle Barreda [cf. infra]; the lower volume is a broad plinth. The wooden cover is round and flat, hinged in the middle. Valle Barreda (2009) identifies bull protomes on it as well, and suggests a stylistic link with the fonts at Fuentelisendo, Hontangas and Torregalindo.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 433978 4600334

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

Rim Thickness: 21-22 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 112 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 152 cm* / 156 cm** / ***

Basin Depth: 52 cm*

Basin Total Height: 57 cm*

Height of Base: 28 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 85 cm* / ***

Font Height (with Plinth): 104 cm* / 106 cm**

Notes on Measurements: *BSI on-ste / **Bilbao (1996: 284) / *** Enciclopedia del románico

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: round and ribbed; hinged at 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

Valle Barreda, César del, Todo el románico de Burgos, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, 2009