Tornadijo / Tornadiio

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design element - architectural - arch-head - round

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 September 2018 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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design element - motifs - ball, bead or pellet

Scene Description: two rows of, below the remaing portions of rope motif atop

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 September 2018 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 1 June 2019)

design element - motifs - geometric

Scene Description: in some of the spandrels of the arcade; one of the visible here on the right

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 September 2018 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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design element - motifs - palmette

Scene Description: in some of the spandrels of the arcade; two of them clearly visible here

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 September 2018 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 1 June 2019)

design element - motifs - palmette?

Scene Description: most of them have disappeared; one such is seen here, on the right

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 September 2018 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Scene Description: mostly broken off; a small remaing portion is visible here

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 September 2018 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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design element - patterns - ribbed - concave

Scene Description: pattern that suggests a later date than the one usually attibuted to this font [cf. FonrNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 September 2018 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 1 June 2019)

view of base

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 September 2018 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 September 2018 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of basin - interior

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 September 2018 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 September 2018 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Image Source: digital photograph in WikiBurgos [www.wikiburgos.es/wiki/Archivo:Tornadijo03.jpg] [accessed 2 Jne 2019]

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view of church exterior - south portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 September 2018 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 1 June 2019)

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 September 2018 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 1 June 2019)

view of church exterior - southwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 September 2018 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church interior - baptistery

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 September 2018 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 September 2018 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the damage to the upper rim area is obvious here

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 September 2018 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 1 June 2019)

view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the back of the basin is partially built into the wall behind

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 September 2018 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 1 June 2019)

INFORMATION

FontID: 00710TOR

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Baudelio

Church Patron Saints: St. Baudilius of Nîmes [aka Baudelio, Baudile, Baudilio, Baudille, Bauzély, Bauzille]

Church Location: 09320 Tornadijo, Burgos, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Burgos, Castilla y León

Directions to Site: Located off (S) the BU-V-9012, W of the N-234, 2-3 km ENE of Madrigal del Monte, SSE of Burgos capital

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos

Historical Region: Arlanza

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, half embedded in the wall

Century and Period: 12th - 14th century, Late Romanesque / Gothic?

Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

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- ) [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_TORNADIJO.pdf] [accessed 6 April 2023]: "A los pies de la nave y medio empotrada en el muro, se encuentra una pila bautismal de formas románicas (121 cmde diámetro × 72 cm de altura). Presenta una copa ligeramente semiesférica, decorada con gallones interiores y una arquería exterior en cuyas enjutas alternan las palmetas y los motivos geométricos". The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 6 April 2023] notes: "La pila es románica, avenerada por dentro, con sogueado en el borde y arcos en relieve; su pie es cilíndrico". The fonts at Cojobar, Madrigal del Monte, Mecerreyes, Zalduendo, Tornadijo, Valdorros, Villamayor de los Montes and Mazariegos are noted as sharing design, ornamentation and dating at the late-12th or early 13th century; the basin, partly embedded in the wall, is ribbed in the inside; the outside is ornamented with a rope moulding at the upper rim, of which very little remains, most of it broken off; below it are two rows of pellet or nail-head motif all around; below those is an arcade of round arch-heads; the spandrels of the arcade are decorated alternatively with palmettes and geometric motifs; on a plain circular base. It is unlikely that this font may have been intended to be in that position originally; it is now in very poor state of repair, with much damage to the upper rim and side decoration. There are traces of decorations carved on the upper surface of the rim, most of which has broken off. The dating given above may also be reconsidered in view of the carving of the basin interior, the concave ribbing pattern being usually found in fonts of the Gothic period. The font cover is modern.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 446529 4667219

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Diameter (includes rim): 121 cm* / **

Font Height (less Plinth): 72 cm* / **

Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996) / ** Enciclopedia del románico

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: flat and round, hinged at the back; modern

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-