Quintanillabon / Quintanela de Bon / Quintanillabón
Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 March 2021)
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view of font - upper view
view of font
view of basin - interior
design element - motifs - roll moulding
view of church exterior - south porch and portal
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Image Source: digital photograph 4 June 2010 in WikiBurgos [www.wikiburgos.es/wiki/Quintanillabón] [accessed 10 March 2021]
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © WikiBurgos, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 4 June 2010 in WikiBurgos [www.wikiburgos.es/wiki/Quintanillabón] [accessed 10 March 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font in context
view of font in context
view of church interior - baptistery
view of church interior - baptistery in context
Scene Description: the rafters or beams of the gallery are visible on the ceiling
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 March 2021)
view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: the bluish room beneath the gallery is the baptistery
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 March 2021)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 00666QUI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: the font at San Marcos de Olvega [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery alcove, at the W end, beneath the gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: Pza. de la Iglesia, 09249 Quintanillabón, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the BU-V-5113, just W of the N-1, 5 km N of Briviesca, 40-45 km NE of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de La Bureba / Alfoz de Briviesca / Cuadrilla de Cameno / Merindad de Bureba / Castilla la Vieja
Additional Comments: altered font: the short base is modern
Font Notes:
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Described in Bilbao (1996) as one of a group of rectangular baptismal fonts of the Romanesque period. García de Castro Valdés (2000) notes medieval quadrangular fonts in Spain at Beloncio, Bullaso, San Isidoro de Leon, Villanueva de Valdecarzana (suggested date in the 11th century); Armentia, Bustasur, Dosante, Gormaz, Quinanillabon, Rosales, Santillan del Agua, Soto de Bureba (suggested date in the 12th or 13th century); Ripodas and Turrillas (suggested date in the 13th century). Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ) [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_QUINTANILLABÓN.pdf] [accessed 30 March 2023]: "curioso ejemplar de pila bautismal de traza románica labrada en un bloque calizo. Presenta irregular forma cúbica al exterior, siendo su vaciado interior semiesférico y decorándose únicamente con un bocel en la embocadura. Sus dimensionesson 110 cm × 101 cm de lado y 68 cm de altura, alzándose sobre un moderno basamento de 15 cm de alto. Su interés, pese a su simplicidad, radica precisamente en su forma, que viene a engrosar la reducida nómina de fuentes bautismales cuadradas de la provincia, la mayoría de las cuales (Castil de Lences, Rosales, Grisaleña, etc.) presentan forma cuadrada interior y exteriormente. Casi idéntica morfología a la que nos ocupa presenta la pila de la ermita soriana de San Marcos de Ólvega." The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 10 March 2021] notes: "San Andrés, Apóstol, es el titular de su iglesia, gótica [...] La pila es lisa, cuadrada". The square basin is irregular, not quite cubic; unlike some of the other quadrangular fonts of the area [e.g.: Castil de Lences] this font has a circular inner well; the only decoration is a thin moulding at the upper rim; it is raised on a short modern base. No cover present.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 474857 4715570
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: rectangular, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Drainage Notes: no lining
Basin Total Height: 68 cm**
Height of Base: 15 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 83 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 102 x 111 cm* / 101 x 110 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996) / ** 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, p. 60, 289
- 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-, vol. 12: 1389