Solarana

Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2015
Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 28 September 2015)
Results: 9 records
design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - columns with capitals
design element - motifs - ball, bead or pellet
design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2
design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2
view of church exterior - northwest view
view of church exterior - southwest view
view of font
view of font

Scene Description: showing the side where the stone appears to undergone chemical deterioration
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken September 2015 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 28 September 2015)
INFORMATION
FontID: 00696SOL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción / Asunción de Nuestra Señora
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: 09348 Solarana, Burgos, Spain -- Tel.: 947 17 09 48
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Follow Burgos-Madrid to Lerma; left towards Santo Domingo de Silos; continue past Castrillo de Solarana to Solarana
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de Arlanza
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, N side corner
Century and Period: 13th century [basin only] [composite font], Late Romanesque / Gothic? [basin only]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta por his photographs of this font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Noted in Bilbao (1996). Noted and illustrated in Valle Barreda (2009), with suggested date in the early 13th century. The entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del romanico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_SOLARANA.pdf] [accessed 5 April 2023] reports its baptismal font as the only remnant of the earlier building: "El único resto románico conservado en su interior es la pila bautismal, formada por una basa cilíndrica de moderna factura y una copa troncocónica de 96 cm de diámetro y 59 de altura, decorada con un bocel en la embocadura y una arquería de medio punto con bezantes en las enjutas. Su cronología parece rondar ya el siglo XIII". The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 5 April 2023] notes: "La pila es gótica, de vaso, con arcos en relieve, molduras en borde y pie cilíndrico". The irregular bucked-shaped basin is ornamented with a double moulding at the upper rim; below is a blind arcade of round arches on columns with capitals; circles in the spandrels; double flat moulding at the foot of the arcade; on a short circular base that looks as a later addition. The upper rim of the basin retains one of the old metal staples, and its pair across the rim is missing and the spot damaged. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
41.971085,
-3.65829
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
41° 58′ 15.91″ N,
3° 39′ 29.84″ W
UTM: 30T 445457 4646775
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 96.5 cm* / 96 cm**
Basin Total Height: 59 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 85 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996: 293) / ** Enciclopedia del romanico
LID INFORMATION
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
Valle Barreda, César del, Todo el románico de Burgos, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, 2009