Quintanillabon / Quintanela de Bon / Quintanillabón

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: a thin moulding, all around

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

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view of basin - interior

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view of church exterior - south porch and portal

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view of church exterior - south view

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view of church interior - baptistery

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

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view of church interior - baptistery in context

Scene Description: the rafters or beams of the gallery are visible on the ceiling

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

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view of church interior - looking east

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: the bluish room beneath the gallery is the baptistery

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

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view of font

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view of font in context

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

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view of font in context

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

FontID: 00666QUI

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés

Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew

Church Location: Pza. de la Iglesia, 09249 Quintanillabón, Burgos, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Burgos, Castilla y León

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

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery alcove, at the W end, beneath the gallery

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Cognate Fonts: the font at San Marcos de Olvega [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) 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.

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

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-