Revilla-Vallegera / Revilla Vallejera
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design element - architectural - arch-head - round
design element - patterns - ribbed
design element - motifs - moulding
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view of font in context - west side
view of church interior - looking east
INFORMATION
Font ID: 00673REV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Zarza
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the altar (formerly in the west corner of the north nave)
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: Gothic church 13th-14thC
Church Address: c/ Marte, 16, 34260 Revilla Vallejera, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off te A-62, about 55 km SW of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca Odra-Pisuerga
Font Notes:
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Described in Bilbao (1996) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period. Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ) [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_REVILLA-VALLEGERA.pdf] [accessed 30 March 2023]: "La iglesia actual fue levantada fundamentalmente a fines del siglo XIII o tal vez ya en el XIV, dentro de un monumental estilo gótico, con reformas de época barroca. El elemento más antiguo sería la pila bautismal, una pieza de piedra caliza blanca con una altura total de 81,5 cm y un diámetro de 116 cm. Tiene forma de copa, con corto pie cilíndrico y vaso hemisférico, decorado con bocel en la embocadura y con cuerpo recorrido por una serie de arquitos de medio punto cuya luz es un gallón convexo, muy similares a los que luce la bautismal de Hoyos del Tozo." 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 gótica con gallones en relieve bajo arcos y pie cilíndrico". The hemispherical basin is ornamented with a blind arcade and ribbed pattern below it; on a short circular base.
[NB: the Enciclopedia entry [cf. supra] mentions two other churches in the area, Santa Cruz del Tozo and Sasamón, both of which had parish churches, Iglesia de La Exaltación de la Santa Cruz and Santa María la Real respectively, without a mention of any fonts in them].
[NB: the Enciclopedia entry [cf. supra] mentions two other churches in the area, Santa Cruz del Tozo and Sasamón, both of which had parish churches, Iglesia de La Exaltación de la Santa Cruz and Santa María la Real respectively, without a mention of any fonts in them].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozanno Huerta for his photographs of this church and font. We are grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 406287 4666714
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 98 cm* / 116 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm* / 81.5 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. 290
- 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. 11/1: 688-689