Santa Olalla del Valle
Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2022
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 23 March 2022)
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design element - motifs - ball or claw
Scene Description: originally at each (?) angle of the lower base but now damaged or brokem off
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: with one of the metal anchoring staples in full view
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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design element - motifs - sawtooth
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design element - motifs - torus-scotia-torus
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design element - motifs - vine
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design element - patterns - ribbed
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design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
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design element - patterns - torsade
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view of base
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of church interior - looking east
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view of font and cover
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view of font and cover
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view of font and cover
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: at the west end of the nave, beneath the west gallery
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Image Source: digital photograph March 2022 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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INFORMATION
FontID: 00692OLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Eulalia de Mérida
Church Patron Saints: St. Eulalia of Mérida
Church Location: 09268 Santa Olalla del Valle, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the BU-811, 3-4 km NE of Pradoluengo, in the municipality and 2 km E of Villagalijo, 50 km E of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de Montes de Oca / Valle de San Vicente / Partido de Burgos / Castilla la Vieja
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, beneath the gallery [sotocoro]
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Eterna, Barbadillo de Herreros, Fresneda de la Sierra [cf. FontNotes]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font. We are also grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico
Font Notes:
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Described in Bilbao (1996) and in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ) [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_SANTA_OLALLA_DEL_VALLE.pdf] [accessed 5 April 2023] as a Romanesque baptismal font of the late 12th century, very similar to the ones at Fresneda de la Sierra, Eterna, Palacios de la Sierra, Pradilla de Belorado, Castrillo de la Reina, Canicosa de la Sierra, Moncalvillo de la Sierra, Huerta de Arriba, Villanueva de Carazo and Barbadillo de Herreros: the outside of the basin is ornamented with ribbed pattern below a wide vine and a narrow band of saw-tooth; there are two metal anchoring staples in the upper rim; the inside of the well has concave ribs; the upper base has torsade pattern, whereas the moulded lower base, part of which is partly hidden in the flooring, had originally ball motifs or claws at the angles, now much damaged or entirely broken off. The wooden cover is round, flat and plain.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 485691 4687378
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 117 cm* / 118 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm* / 104 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996) / ** Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- )
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [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-