Rabe de los Escuderos / Rabé de los Escuderos

Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 March 2021)

Results: 22 records

design element - architectural - arch-head - round arch-heads - intersecting arches

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 March 2021)

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: a metal staple from an old font cover in the foreground, right side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 March 2021)

view of base

Scene Description: notice that the lower end is partly buried in the flooring

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 March 2021)

view of basin - east side

Scene Description: the font photographed ca. 2021 back in its original location at the west end, beneath the gallery, north side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 March 2021)

view of basin - south side

Scene Description: the font photographed ca. 2021 back in its original location at the west end, beneath the gallery, north side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 March 2021)

view of basin in context

Scene Description: the basin was photographed here at the time when it had deen re-located to the east end of the nave, north side, leaving the base in its original location at the northwest corner of the nave, beneath the west gallery -- the steps seen here in the rght are those leading up ro the chancel

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Románico Digital / Fundación Santa María la Real del Patrimonio Histórico, 2021

Image Source: digital image in Enciclopedia del románico / Románico Digital [www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_RABÉ_DE_LOS_ESCUDEROS.pdf] [accessed 12 March 2021]

Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © WikiBurgos, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph in WikiBurgos [www.wikiburgos.es/wiki/Rabé_de_los_Escuderos] [accessed 12 March 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church interior - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 March 2021)

view of church interior - looking west

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 March 2021)

view of church interior - looking west

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 March 2021)

view of church interior - statue - Madonna and Child

Scene Description: 14thC?

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 March 2021)

view of font in context

Scene Description: the font photographed ca. 2021 back in its original location at the west end, beneath the gallery, north side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 March 2021)

view of font in context

Scene Description: the font photographed ca. 2021 back in its original location at the west end, beneath the gallery, north side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 March 2021)

view of font in context - east side

Scene Description: the font photographed ca. 2021 back in its original location at the west end, beneath the gallery, north side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 March 2021)

view of font in context - east side

Scene Description: the font photographed ca. 2021 back in its original location at the west end, beneath the gallery, north side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 March 2021)

view of font in context - northeast side

Scene Description: the font photographed ca. 2021 back in its original location at the west end, beneath the gallery, north side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 March 2021)

view of font in context - northwest side

Scene Description: the font photographed ca. 2021 back in its original location at the west end, beneath the gallery, north side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 March 2021)

view of font in context - south side

Scene Description: the font photographed ca. 2021 back in its original location at the west end, beneath the gallery, north side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 March 2021)

view of font in context - southeast side

Scene Description: the font photographed ca. 2021 back in its original location at the west end, beneath the gallery, north side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 March 2021)

view of font in context - southeast side

Scene Description: the font photographed ca. 2021 back in its original location at the west end, beneath the gallery, north side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 March 2021)

view of font in context - southwest side

Scene Description: the font photographed ca. 2021 back in its original location at the west end, beneath the gallery, north side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 March 2021)

view of font in context - upper view - southeast side

Scene Description: the font photographed ca. 2021 back in its original location at the west end, beneath the gallery, north side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 March 2021)

INFORMATION

FontID: 00667RAB
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Mamés
Church Patron Saints: St. Mammes of Cesarea [aka Mamas, Mammas, Mammet]
Church Location: Carretera Lerma, 10, 09349 Rabé de los Escuderos, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the BU-900, E of the A-1 [but without direct access], 5-6 km SSE of Lerma and in its municipality, 45 km SSW of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de Arlanza / Alfoz de Lerma / Merindad de Candemuñó / Castilla la Vieja
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: Romanesque church; much modified 16thC
Described in Bilbao (1996) and in Valle Barreda (2009). Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico / Románico Digital [www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_RABÉ_DE_LOS_ESCUDEROS.pdf] [accessed 12 March 2021]: "Lo más interesante es la pila bautismal románica colocada junto a las gradas de la capilla mayor. Es de forma tronco-cónica (90 cm de diámetro × 48 cm de altura), decorada únicamente en la parte superior con una cenefas de arquillos entrecruzados." The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 12 March 2021] notes: "iglesia dedicada a San Mamés, mártir [...] La pila es románica, tipo cono, con finos arquitos en relieve". Baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the basin is ornamented with small intersecting arches below a roll moulding at the upper rim. The font had been moved to the east end of the church, by the chancel steps, as it appears in the illustration of the Enciclopedia..., but in 2021 it has been photographed back in its original location beneath the west gallery, north side, where its original base had remained, partly buried in the flooring beneath the gallery. No cover present now but two rim metal staples remain.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 438771 4647646

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 90 cm*
Basin Total Height: 48 cm*
Height of Base: [29 cm]
Font Height (less Plinth): 48 cm* [+ 29 cm]
Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996: 289) [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996
Valle Barreda, César del, Todo el románico de Burgos, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, 2009