Terradillos de Sedano No. 2 / Terradiellos / Terratiellos

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Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020

Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 8 December 2020)

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view of basin - interior

Scene Description: notice the drain hole; the metal staple in the upper rim, left side, is from an old cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 8 December 2020)

design element - patterns - ribbed

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 8 December 2020)

design element - architectural - arch-head - round

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 8 December 2020)

view of basin in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 8 December 2020)

INFORMATION

Font ID: 00706TER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Eufemia [originally from the abandoned church at nearby Valdegómez]
Font Location in Church: Outside the Terradillos de Sedano church, by the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Euphemia
Church Address: calle de la Iglesia, Terradillos de Sedano 09142, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N-623, 9 km NW of Masa, 20 km from Sedano, 45 km from Burgos capital [Valdegómez is 3 km NW of Terradillos]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de Páramos
Additional Comments: recycled font: now used as a flower-pot
Font Notes:
Described in Bilbao (1996) as a former Romanesque baptismal font ornamented with a ribbed basin, now situated at the door of the church in Terradillos de Sedano and used as a flower pot. Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ) as a basin originally from Valdegomez, an abandoned hamlet 3 km northwest of Terradillos: "Ante la fachada meridional, a la derecha de la portada, se conserva otro ejemplar de pila bautismal, según información oral trasladada desde el despoblado de Valdegómez, emplazado a unos 3 km al noroeste de Terradillos, sobre el río San Antón. Su abandono es antiguo, aunque seconserva memoria del lugar, en el pago hoy llamado de San Clemente, que debía ser el titular de su iglesia. Semienterrada y en mal estado de conservación, la pila presenta copa semiesférica ornada exteriormente con gallones bajo arquillos, siendo sus medidas 85 cm de diámetro por 43 de altura." The entry in Nebredo's Amo a mi pueblo… [https://www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 6 Aoril 2023] mentions this font as well: "tiene otra en la calle, sencilla". The roughly hemispherical basin has a pattern of vroad ribs topped with round arch-heads; the inner basin has a central drain; it is an irregular finished work. No cover present.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 432692 4722397

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 84 cm* / 85 cm**
Basin Total Height: 43 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. 294
  • 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: 543-544