Quintanilla Somuno / Quintaniella alda de Minno / Quintanilla Somuñó

Results: 3 records

design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: the ribs run up all the way to the upper rim

view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de San Andrés Apóstol, Quintanilla Somuñó"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph 12 September 2013 by Pedro Lozano Huerta [https://www.verpueblos.com/castilla+y+leon/burgos/quintanilla+somuno/foto/1595672/] [accessed 2 April 2023]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Quintanilla Somuñó, Burgos"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rowanwindwhistler, 2013

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 13 September 2013 by Rowanwindwhistler [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:QuintanillaSomuñó20130912122834P1170846.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2023]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 00665QUI
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés Apóstol
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: C. de la Iglesia, 4, 09239 Quintanilla Somuñó, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the E-80/A-62, in the municipality and 5 km SSE of Estépar, about 25 km SW of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, the baptistery, beneath the W gallery
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
GET EXT PIC https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:QuintanillaSomu%C3%B1%C3%B320130912122834P1170846.jpg Described in Bilbao (1996: 289) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period.. The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 30 March 2023] notes: "San Andrés, Apóstol, e el titular de su iglesia, de planta gótica con añadidos renacentistas […] La pila es de copa lisa y se encuentra deteriorada." Stone baptismal font; the large basin has ribbed pattern ornamentation that extends its ribs up to the rim; plain round base.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 427782 4677086

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 140 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 60 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996: 289)

REFERENCES

Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996