Ura

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Results: 19 records

BS01: design element - motifs - floral

LB01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

LN02: design element - motifs - spur - 4

design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

Scene Description: the uneven arches can also be seen as a ribbed pattern

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design element - motifs - floral and/or foliage

Scene Description: each spandrel has a crudely rendered but individualised motif

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design element - motifs - geometric

Scene Description: they look like triangular wedges, one at each angle of the lower base

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: forming the round side of the upper base

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view of base

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view of basin

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view of basin - detail

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font - upper view

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view of font in context

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view of font in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00720URA
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín Obispo
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: 09347 Ura, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the CL-110, on the E bank of the Mataviejas river, in the municipality and 5 km SW of Covarrubias, 20 km E of Lerma, 45 km of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de Arlanza
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, near the altar, E end, S side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: Romanesque church re-built 16thC
Described in Bilbao (1996). Noted and illustrated in Valle Barreda (2009). The entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_URA.pdf] [accessed 6 April 2023] notes and illustrates a font in the Romanesque style: "pila bautismal de trazas románicas (118 cm de diámetro × 85 cm de altura) colocada encima de un basamento circular de sillería. Consta de una basa con plinto y toro sobre la que asienta una copa semiesférica decorada con un bocel en la embocadura, gallones bajo arcos y hojas incisas en las enjutas." The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 6 April 2022] notes: "La pila es románica con arcos en relieve y base cuadrada con pie moldurado". Baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the hemispherical basin is ornamented with a blind arcade of round arches resembling ribs, with foliage motif in the spandrels; the squat base is round-to-square, with spurs at the angles; wide circular plinth. The upper rim of the basin still retains two metal staples from the old cover. No cover present but a metal staple in the upper rim remains from an earlier cover.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 118 cm* / **
Font Height (less Plinth): 86 cm* / 85 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996: 295) / ** 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
Valle Barreda, César del, Todo el románico de Burgos, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, 2009