Riba de Valdelucio / La Riba de Valdelucio

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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches

Scene Description: all around below the decorated partition 2/3 down the basin sides

Image Source: digital photograph 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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design element - motifs - floral or foliage

Scene Description: described in the Enciclopedia... as a band of four-petal rosettes [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: on the semi-buried lower base of the font

Image Source: digital photograph 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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design element - patterns - ribbed - concave

Scene Description: the upper ones are clearly concave

Image Source: digital photograph 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of base in context

Scene Description: a view of the semi-buried lower base taken from above

Image Source: digital photograph 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of basin - interior

Image Source: digital photograph 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church exterior

Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [www.romanicodigital.com]

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view of church exterior - portal

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view of church interior - chancel arch and east end

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view of font

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view of font

Image Source: digital photograph 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font - south side

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view of font in context

Scene Description: in a niche, north side of the nave

Image Source: digital photograph 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 18 October 2021)

view of font in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00675RIB

Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asuncion

Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary

Church Location: Calle Iglesia 19, 09127 Riba de Valdelucio, Burgos, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Burgos, Castilla y León

Directions to Site: Located off the BU-621, in the Valle de Valdelucio municipality, 28 km from Villadiego, 70-75 km NW of Burgos

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos

Historical Region: Comarca de Las Loras / Alfoz de Panizares / Merindad de Villadiego

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a niche on the N side

Century and Period: 12th century (early?), Romanesque

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico. We are also grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this font.

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in Bilbao (1996). Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ) [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_LA_RIBA_DE_VALDELUCIO.pdf] [accessed 30 March 2023] as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the bucket-shaped basin has a band of four-petal rosettes ornamenting the centre part; above and below it, a blind arcade of round arches; on a negligeable base, almost invisible now as it is semi-buried in the stone flooring; probably an early-12th century date: "En un pequeño habitáculo abierto en el lado del evangelio se conserva una pila bautismal, también románica, de 107 cm de diámetro y 76 cm de altura. Es de forma troncocónica y está decorada con una doble arquería separadapor una línea de cuatripétalas. Puede datarse hacia princi-pios del siglo XII." The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 19 October 2021] notes: "La Asunción de Nuestra Señora de la titular de su iglesia, de una nave, con cabecera tipo románico [...] La portada es románica, apuntada [...] La pila es románica, de vaso, con dos cuerpos que se corresponden en los grandes acanalados". No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 42' 0.28" N, 4° 5' 7.29" W

UTM: 30T 411099 4728128

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?

Number of Pieces: 2

Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Diameter (includes rim): 106 cm* / 107 cm**

Font Height (less Plinth): 81 cm* / 76 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

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-