Neila No. 1 / Naila / Nela

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animal - reptile - snake - coiled

Scene Description: its head resting on the end of the tail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 Sepetmber 2013 by Mikel Unanue for BSI

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design element - motifs - beaded-tape

Scene Description: on the vine stalk

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design element - motifs - beaded-tape

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design element - motifs - palmette

Scene Description: the centre ring moulding is decorated with palmettes all around

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus - with arum bunches

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design element - motifs - zigzag

Scene Description: it appears to be a foliated pattern of a zig-zag

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design element - patterns - scalloped - acanthus leaves

Scene Description: in a graded scalloped-pattern arrangement

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view of basin - interior - drain

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view of church exterior - east view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 2006 by Gafotas [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neila.Iglesia_de_San_Miguel.Abside.jpg] [accessed 6 October 2013]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 Sepetmber 2013 by Mikel Unanue for BSI

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view of church interior - apse - ceiling

Scene Description: some of the paintings and insciption remain

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 Sepetmber 2013 by Mikel Unanue for BSI

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view of font

Scene Description: the head and tail of the serpent (?) around the base join here

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 Sepetmber 2013 by Mikel Unanue for BSI

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view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 Sepetmber 2013 by Mikel Unanue for BSI

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view of font in context

Scene Description: there are no services held in this church any longer

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 Sepetmber 2013 by Mikel Unanue for BSI

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00627NEI

Church/Chapel: Ermita [formerly Iglesia Parroquial] de San Miguel Arcángel

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael

Church Location: 09679 Neila, Burgos

Country Name: Spain

Location: Burgos, Castilla y León

Directions to Site: Located off the BU-821, 10 km N of Quintanar de la Sierra, S of Villavelayo (La Rioja), 93 km of Burgos capital

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos

Historical Region: Comarca de La Demanda, partido judicial de Salas de los Infantes -- Alfoz de Lara

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SW corner

Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Late Romanesque

Cognate Fonts: Somewhat similar to the other font in this village [cf. Index entry for Neila No. 2]; other related fonts at Hacinas (Burgos prov.) and Ledesma de la Cogolla (La Rioja)

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of church and font, and to David de la Garma Ramirez, of www.arteguias.com, for his notes on this font.

Church Notes: this church is no longer used for the cult now [October 2013] and serves as a centre for the interpretation of nature -- services are held at the other church in town, Santa Maria [cf. Index entry for Neila No.2]

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in Bilbao (1996) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the large basin is decorated with vegetal vine bearing tendrils and fruit around the sides; below, seven bands of over-imposed leaves forming a scalloped pattern; the centre ring is a roll moulding ornamented with palmettes; below are several ring mouldings, beaded tape and a set of bands of foliage in zig-zag form; the lower base has a fat coiled snake with the head resting on its tail. Bilbao (1996) suggests the font at Hacinas as the work of the same master. Garma Ramirez [www.arteguias.com/burgos/neila-burgos.htm] suggests both Hacinas (Burgos prov.) and Ledesma de la Cogolla (La Rioja) as cognates. Noted and illustrated in the entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_NEILA.pdf] [accessed 28 March 2023] notes: "conserva el edificio un magnífico ejemplar de pila bautismal románica, de copa semiesférica sobre tenante circular, todo profusamente ornamentado. Colocada al fondo de la nave, junto al muro de la epístola mide 104 cm de altura total ×114 cm de diámetro y la copa se decora con un bocel en la embocadura, bajo el cual corre una banda de zarcillos perlados y ondulantes de los que surgen brotes acogollados de carnoso tratamiento que se alojan en los meandros, motivo ornamental repetido en numerosas pilas serranas. Bajo este motivo y una banda de contario completa la decoración una serie de hojitas lanceoladas de nervio central perlado superpuestas a modo de escamas, tema repetido en la copa de Santa María de Neila y en la de Hacinas, la última rudo remedo de estas dos, así como en la riojana de Ledesma de la Cogolla. Se dispone la copa sobre un grueso bocel finamente decorado con palmetas y tenante cónico moldurado con sucesión de junquillos y medias cañas decoradas con ondas y banda de contario." The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 27 March 2023] reports two churches here, corresponding to the two 'barrios', of which one, Santa Maria, remains as the parish church: "Estaba compuesto por dos barrios con dos iglesias. El pueblo celebra el culto en una iglesia, dedicada a Santa María, gótica con muchos elementos románicos [...] Su ábside es cuadrado con canecillos románicos [...] La pila es románica, buena, con cenefa vegetal y escamas en la copa, pie cilindrocónico (que sería visigótico) y base cuadrada." [NB: another font of the same period is listed in this Index as Neila No. 2 for the church of Santa María].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 4656407 500253

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): 114 cm* / **

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

Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996: 285) / ** 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

Pérez Carmona, J., Arquitectura y Escultura Románicas en la Provincia de Burgos, Burgos: Facultad de Teología del Norte de España, 1974

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