Revilla Cabriada / Ribiella Cabriada / Villa Capriata

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Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020

Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 22 July 2020)

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

Scene Description: notice the damage to the upper rim
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 22 July 2020)

design element - motifs - claw, leaf or spur - 4

Scene Description: much eroded now
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 22 July 2020)

design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: at the upper end of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 22 July 2020)

design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: much damaged now
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 22 July 2020)

information

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 28 July 2020)

symbol - cross - pattée - in a circle

Scene Description: the same symbol appears on the sides of the church portal [cf. ImageFileNo. 1200726027]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 22 July 2020)

view of church exterior - northeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © WikiBurgos, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph in WikiBurgos [www.wikiburgos.es/wiki/Archivo:Revilla_cabriada03.jpg] [accessed 26 July 2020]
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view of church exterior - porch and portal

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 28 July 2020)

view of church exterior - portal

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 28 July 2020)

view of church exterior - portal - detail

Scene Description: notice the Maltese cross inscribed in a circle to the left of the historiated capitals, a symbol that appears also on the font of this church -- Source caption: "Cruz paté, escena musical y de baile, herreros, y soldado luchando con dragón"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © romanicodemiguel, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 22 May 2016 by romanicodemiguel [http://romanicodemiguel.blogspot.com/2016/05/burgos-revilla-cabriada-iglesia-de.html] [accessed 26 July 2020]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

view of church exterior - portal - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 28 July 2020)

view of church exterior - portal - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 28 July 2020)

view of church exterior - south view - corbel

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 28 July 2020)

view of church exterior in context - northeast view

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Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 28 July 2020)

view of church exterior in context - west view

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Image Source: digital photograph in WikiBurgos [www.wikiburgos.es/images/c/c2/Revilla_cabriada05.jpg] [accessed 26 July 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - west view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 28 July 2020)

view of font

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Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 22 July 2020)

view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 22 July 2020)

view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 22 July 2020)

view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 22 July 2020)

view of font in context

Scene Description: notice the large repair to the upper rim on the right of the image, damage probably caused by an anchoring of the old cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 22 July 2020)

INFORMATION

FontID: 00672REV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Elena Emperatriz
Church Patron Saints: St. Helena
Church Location: Calle Piñuela, 25, 09348 Revilla-Cabriada, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the BU-900, 6 km ESE of Lerma, 42 km S of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de Arlanza
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, by the altar, S side
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: 12thC church; modified 16th and 18thC; the inscribed crosses found on the font appear also on the sides of the portal of the church
Font Notes:
Described in Bilbao (1996). In Valle Barreda (2009). The entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_REVILLA-CABRIADA.pdf] [accessed 30 March 2023] notes: "pila bautismal de traza románica (79 cm de diámetro × 80 cm de altura), formada por una basa de toro plano sobre la que apoya una copa decorada con arquillos entrecruzados y florones cuatripétalos." 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: "La pila es románica, tipo vaso, con algún dibujo inciso y moldura circular". Baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the bucket-shaped basin is ornamented with a roll moulding at the upper rim, a band of round intersecting arches below, and several large Maltese crosses inscribed in circles; the base consists of a short stem with a roll moulding atop, and a round-to-square lower base adorned with some motif [knob? / claw? / spur?] at the corners. No cover present bu the upper rim of the basin shows damage possibly related to anchorings from an earlier cover.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42º 0' 6.19'' N, 3º 42' 7.83'' W
UTM: 30T 441822 4650143

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 79 cm* / 70 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm* / 80 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996: 290) / ** 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
Valle Barreda, César del, Todo el románico de Burgos, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, 2009