Revillarruz / Revillaruz

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view of font

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Image Source: digital photograh taken 18 October 2015 by Pedro Lozano
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view of font - south side

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view of basin - upper rim

Scene Description: notice the metal rod in the upper rim. an anchoring spot for an earlier font cover
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograh taken 18 October 2015 by Pedro Lozano
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view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: notice the metal rod in the upper rim. an anchoring spot for an earlier font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2015
Image Source: digital photograh taken 18 October 2015 by Pedro Lozano
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design element - patterns - striated

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - horseshoe arches - 14

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view of church exterior in context - northeast view

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

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view of church interior - baptistery

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view of church interior - looking east

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Image Source: digital photograh taken 18 October 2015 by Pedro Lozano
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view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2015
Image Source: digital photograh taken 18 October 2015 by Pedro Lozano
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 19 October 2015)

view of font in context

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Image Source: digital photograh taken 18 October 2015 by Pedro Lozano
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 19 October 2015)

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: a stone pedestal holy-water stoup by the south doorway; the alcove with the font in the north side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2015
Image Source: digital photograh taken 18 October 2015 by Pedro Lozano
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 19 October 2015)

INFORMATION

Font ID: 00674REV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [partly re-tooled], Late Romanesque [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Natividad de San Juan Bautista [disused]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, N side, near the gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): The Nativity of St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: church originally 11thC?
Church Address: 09620 Revillarruz, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-1, 18 km from Burgos capital (follow Burgos-Madrid to Soria crossing, past Olmosalbos, then left)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Alfoz de Burgos
Additional Comments: altered font: partly re-tooled
Font Notes:
Listed in Guerra (1986 c1978) as an immersion baptismal font of the Romanesque period. 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- ) the round limestone basin is ornamented with rope moulding at the upper rim, with a narrow band of striated pattern below; arcade of fourteen horseshoe arches all around; plain round lower base; the same source notes that the lower part of the font has been re-tooled at a later date: "pila bautismal de piedra caliza, que tiene un diámetro de 139 cm y una altura de 90 cm, de los cuales 26 pertenecen a la basa y 64 a la copa, ambas piezas independientes. De forma troncocónica, se remata con un sogueado en el borde superior. Continúa con una decoración de bandas verticales, enmarcada a su vez entre dos franjas lisas horizontales. En su parte central alberga catorce arcos de herradura –forma que ha motivado que en ocasiones haya sido incluida dentro del estilo mozárabe– entre enjutasl isas que descansan en un collarino bien marcado, seguido de fustes lisos, algunos muy deteriorados, sobre basas que constan de un plinto muy evidente y un toro sobre él. El pie es semicircular, carente de decoración. La parte interior de la pila ha sido repicada en época posterior. En ciertos puntos queda salpicada de restos de policromía que nada tienen que ver con su cronología. Esta tipología en absoluto es original. Su forma troncocónica se repite en Cascajares de la Sierra, Cayuela, Cabia, Cabañes de Esgueva, Albillos, Villamiel de Muñó, Villamayor de los Montes y en la que se conserva en la capilla de Santa Tecla de la catedral de Burgos, su base muy baja, se da en la de Terradillos de Esgueva, Cabañes de Esgueva, Cabia, Santa Tecla y Barrios de Colina, mientas que por sus dimensiones sería comparable a Gumiel de Izán y Mazariegos, todas ellas probablemente destinadas al bautismo de inmersión. En cuanto a la decoración también vemos arcos de herradura en Albillos, o en Garray, ya en la provincia Soria." 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, de vaso, con borde sogueado y arcos de herradura, con fuste cilíndrico y base circular". Described and illustrated in the WikiBurgos site [www.wikiburgos.es/wiki/Revillarruz#Iglesia_parroquial_de_San_Juan_Bautista] [accessed 19 October 2015].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano for his photographs of this church and font

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42º 13' 53.26'' N, 3º 39' 10.56'' W

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): 133 cm* / 139 cm**
Basin Total Height: 64 cm**
Height of Base: 26 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 92 cm* / 90 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996) / ** Enciclopedia del románico

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Apparatus: no
Notes: no full cover on the font; a shelf sits on its top to support a number of objects on it

REFERENCES

  • Historia del arte de Castilla y León, [León?]: Ambito; Junta de Castilla y León, Consejería de Cultura y Turismo, 1994-1998, p. 51
  • Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996, p. 69, 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. 12: 1007-1008
  • Guerra, Manuel, Simbología románica: el cristianismo y otras religiones en el arte románico, Madrid: Fundación Universitaria Española, 1986, c1978, p. 82 fn33