Rebolledo de la Torre

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animal - mammal - lion - protome - 3

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Image Source: digital photograph 6 April 2019 by Rosa Garcia Nieves

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inscription - detail

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view of church exterior - corbels

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 May 2018 by Luis Rogelio HM [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rebolledo_de_la_Torre_-_07_(26974107237).jpg] [accessed 5 January 2021]

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view of church exterior - east view - detail

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 1 May 2018 by Luis Rogelio HM [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rebolledo_de_la_Torre_-_017_(41800147772).jpg] [accessed 5 January 2021]

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view of church exterior - east view - window

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view of church exterior - south porch

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 1 May 2018 by Luis Rogelio HM [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rebolledo_de_la_Torre_-_04_(40943696745).jpg] [accessed 5 January 2021]

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view of church exterior - south porch - detail

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view of church exterior - south porch - detail

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view of church exterior - south porch - detail

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view of church exterior - south porch - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Capitel y columna en la iglesia de San Julián y Santa Basilisa en Rebolledo de la Torre"

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 August 2015 by Ángel M. Felicísimo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rebolledo_de_la_Torre,_capital_y_fuste_en_el_pórtico_de_la_iglesia.jpg] [accessed 5 January 2021]

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Image Source: digital photograph 6 April 2019 by Rosa Garcia Nieves

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Image Source: digital photograph 6 April 2019 by Rosa Garcia Nieves

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view of church exterior - south porch - detail

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Scene Description: Source caption; "Iglesia ubicada en Rebolledo de la Torre, en la provincia de Burgos, destacable especialmente por su galería porticada. Fue construida a finales del siglo XII aunque en el XVI se reconstruyó parcialmente, conservando elementos románicos como la citada galería, una portada y una ventana profusamente tallada."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 August 2015 by Ángel M. Felicísimo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_los_Santos_Julián_y_Basilisa_(30713222574).jpg] [accessed 5 January 2021]

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Scene Description: corresponding to the exterior window at the southwest end of the porch

Image Source: digital photograph 6 April 2019 by Rosa Garcia Nieves

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00669REB

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Julián y Santa Basilisa

Church Patron Saints: St. Julian & St. Basilisa [of Antioque - martyrs - †308]

Church Location: c/ Barrio Alto, 80, 34492 Rebolledo de la Torre, Burgos, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Burgos, Castilla y León

Directions to Site: Located off the BU-V-6214, E of the A-67, 21 km SSE of Aguilar de Campoo, 75-80 km WNW of Burgos capital, near the Palencia provincial border

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the N aisle

Date: ca. 1195?

Century and Period: 12th century (late?) [altered], Romanesque [altered]

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Rosa Garcia Nieves for her photographs of this church and font

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Described in Bilbao (1996). Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period; it is dated 1195 by an inscription on the upper surface of the basin rim; the basin is otherwise plain, raised on a modern stem on which have been re-used three lion protomes: one has a quadruped in its claws, another shows its head and front claws, and the third is almost completely broken off; the upper rim has two Latin inscriptions: one gives the name of abbot 'Dominicvs' and the date Era 1233 [i.e., 1195 A.D.]; the second inscription, much eroded, gives the date Era 1300 [i.e., 1262 A.D.]: "pila bautismal románica, instalada en el fondo de la nave septentrional y anteriormente protegida por una verja de madera. Se dispone sobre un basamento escalonado, su copa es semiesférica y isa de 130 cm de diámetro × 60 cm de altura, y apea sobre un moderno tenante cilíndrico de 29 cm de alto. En éste se reaprovecharon del primitivo dos prótomos de leones de cuidada factura; uno de ellos apresa un cuadrúpedo y el otro muestra su cabeza y garras delanteras, mientras que sólo quedan vestigios de un tercer felino. La pila aparece datada en el año 1195 por una inscripción desplegada sobre la embocadura, en la que leemos: SUB ERA MCCXXXIII DOMINICVS ABASEMI(T?)... Sobre la misma superficie corre otro texto, en caracteres muy borrosos pero también medievales, que reza: ERA... MCCCFVIT...C... Ignoramos a qué se refiere este epígrafe, que proporciona la fecha de 1262." Alejandro García Morilla's El conjunto epigráfico de Rebolledo de la Torre. Un ejemplo singular de actividad publicitaria a finales del siglo XII (Medievalismo, 24, 2014, 111-121) [Texto del artículo-748341-1-10-20141023-1.pdf] [https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/234791053.pdf] [accessed 5 January 2021] notes: "una Roboratio [...], con el mismo abad Domingo como protagonista, en el perímetro de la embocadura de la pila bautismal [...] donde la utilización de un formulario atípico con la forma verbal “emit” en lugar de “fecit” o “fecit facere” ha pasado ciertamente inadvertida, aunque hoy nos parece clave para arrojar un poco más de luz en el entramado histórico de este conjunto monumental." The same source gives the text of of the inscription on the rim of the font, "SUB ERAa MaCCXXXIII DOMINIICVS ABAS EMIT [ER]A MCCC CUADO FVIT" and its transcription: "Sub Era millesima ducentesima trigesima tertia, Dominicus abbas emit. Era millesima tricentesima cuando fuit…" and notes that the reference of the latter date mentioned in the inscription remains unknown [="Esta segunda fecha es una inclusión posterior en la inscripción inconclusa y con diferente tipo de escritura, sin que hayamos podido saber muy bien a que se refiere."] García Morilla (ibid.) remarks on the use of the verb 'emit' in the inscription, instead of the usual 'fecit', 'fecit facere', etc., a choice of term that suggests it was abbot Dominicus who selected the font and paid for it [="en el caso del texto de la pila bautismal, el abad Domingo afirma que él fue quien la compró. De ello podemos colegir que éste escogió un modelo preexistente, ya fabricado, que únicamente financió. Traído a nuestros días, da la impresión de que nuestro comitente entró en el taller escultórico y se “encaprichó” de este objeto sacramental, costoso sin duda, al que mandó poner este texto que publicita su compra". The font is raised on a wide two-step circular plinth. The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 10 May 2021] notes: "su iglesia dedicada a San Julián y Santa Basilisa; es gótica [...] gran riqueza de capiteles románicos y canes al exterior [...] La portada es románica, de un discí-pulo del primer artista de Silos, con galería porticada, excepcional, con capiteles, columnas, friso y canes historiados con follaje y fauna y ventana ajimezada, de Juan de Piasca en 1186 [...] La pila es románica, lisa (1195) sobre cabezas de león y base circular con inscripción superior".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.689444, -4.226944

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 41′ 22″ N, 4° 13′ 37″ W

UTM: 30T 399491 4727059

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Font Shape: cauldron-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Diameter (includes rim): 130 cm* / **

Basin Total Height: 60 cm**

Height of Base: 29 cm**

Font Height (less Plinth): 89 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996) / ** Enciclopedia del románico

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin

Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

Inscription Location: On the upper rim surface

Inscription Text: 1. "SUB ERA MCCXXXIII DOMINICVS ABAS EMI[t?]" 2. "ERA […] MCCC FVIT […] C […]" 3. "SUB ERAa MaCCXXXIII DOMINIICVS ABAS EMIT [ER]A MCCC CUADO FVIT" [transcribed: "Sub Era millesima ducentesima trigesima tertia, Dominicus abbas emit. Era millesima tricentesima cuando fuit…"]

Inscription Source: Bilbao (1996) gives Perez-Carmona (1974) as source; Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ). Version #3 is Alejandro García Morilla's [cf. FontNotes]

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-

Pérez Carmona, J., Arquitectura y Escultura Románicas en la Provincia de Burgos, Burgos: Facultad de Teología del Norte de España, 1974