Ausines No. 1 / Los Ausines / Quintanilla de los Ausines

Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020

Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 July 2020)

Results: 18 records

design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - columns with capitals - patterned columns

Scene Description: Blind arcade has capitals and columns patterned with braided and/or vegetal motif

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 July 2020)

design element - motifs - bead or circle

Scene Description: the lower of thw two bands at the upper end; it is much worn at places, but it appears to be made of circles

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 July 2020)

design element - motifs - foliage and fruit - palm and dates?

Scene Description: each spandrel of the arcade appears to have a cluster of two palm branches set in a V arrangement, with a cluster of fruit [dates?] between them

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 July 2020)

design element - motifs - rope moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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design element - patterns - unidentified

Scene Description: the pattern at round the lower edge of the basin is too worn now to be categorised

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 July 2020)

view of church interior - baptistery

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 July 2020)

view of church interior - west end - detail

Scene Description: with tha baptistery chapel in the centre; the stairs to the gallery on the left

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font

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Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font - east side

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Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 July 2020)

view of font - north side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 July 2020)

view of font - northeast side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font - northwest side

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Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font - upper view - northwest side

Scene Description: the two main spots of damage are clearly seen here

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Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font - west side

Scene Description: notice the damage area to the upper rim caused by the metal staple [expansion of metal and stone from cold has different ratios, which often results in the metal splitting the stone]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 July 2020)

view of font in context - east side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 July 2020)

view of font in context - east side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 July 2020)

view of font in context - east side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 July 2020)

view of font in context - west side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 July 2020)

INFORMATION

FontID: 00657QUI
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Eulalia
Church Patron Saints: St. Eulalia of Mérida
Church Location: c/ El Mesón, Quintanilla de los Ausines, 09194 Los Ausines, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: The barrio de Quintanilla de los Ausines is located off the BU-P-8012 & BU-V-8011 crossroads, WNW of the other two barrios of Los Ausines, San Juan and Sopeña, about 17 km from Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Alfoz de Lara / Ribera del Duero / Merindad de Castrojeriz
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, beneath the W gallery
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: the fonts at nearby Sopeña and the one at Cascajares de la Sierra
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: the present church is 15th-16thC
Described in Bilbao (1996) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period. Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ). Noted and illustrated in Valle Barreda (2009). The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 11 April March 2021] notes: "La [iglesia] del barrio de Quintanilla, dedicada a Santa Eulalia, es renacentista [...] Conserva restos románicos [...] la pila es románica, del siglo XII, con arquitos y sogueado y restos de pintura". The tub-shaped basin has double rope motif band at the upper rim; below, a row of 14 almost pointed arches; the capitals, columns, etc., are braided with rope or vegetal motifs; another band of braided (?) motif below the arches, too damaged to be sure now; round squat base. No cover present but an old metal staple from a cover anchoring is still embedded in the upper rim.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42º 13' 41.53'' N, 3º 35' 54.65'' W
UTM: 30T 450692 4674993

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 132 cm* / 133 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm* / 92 cm**
Font Height (with Plinth): 112 cm [calculated: 90 + 22]
Notes on Measurements: * Enciclopedia del románico / ** Bilbao (1996)

LID INFORMATION

Notes: metal staple from an earlier font cover remains in the upper rim

REFERENCES

Bilbao López, Garbiñe, "La pila bautismal románica de Mazariegos (Burgos): una representación de la Jerusalem celeste", t. XV, 1-2, Boletín del Museo Arqueológico Nacional, 1998, pp. 197-203; r["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-
Valle Barreda, César del, Todo el románico de Burgos, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, 2009