Valcarceres No. 1 / Los Valcárceres / Val Carçel / Valcarcel / Valcárcel

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animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon - lion - fighting

Scene Description: [NB: the image here shows the base upturned, as suggested in the Enciclopedia [cf. FontNotes]

animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon - lion - fighting - detail

Scene Description: [NB: the image here shows the base upturned, as suggested in the Enciclopedia [cf. FontNotes]]

animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon - lion - fighting - detail

Scene Description: [NB: the image here shows the base upturned, as suggested in the Enciclopedia [cf. FontNotes]]

animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon - lion - fighting - detail

Scene Description: [NB: the image here shows the base upturned, as suggested in the Enciclopedia [cf. FontNotes]]

design element - motifs - braid

design element - motifs - hoop - with nails

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [www.romanicodigital.com]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission received from the FSMLR

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: around the top [i.e., formerly the bottom?]

design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: more an ondulated pattern than ribs proper

design element - patterns - ribbed - concave

human figure - male - warrior - carrying a lance - dragon - fighting

Scene Description: St. Michael? (patron saint of this church)[NB: the image here shows the base upturned, as suggested in the Enciclopedia [cf. FontNotes]]

Image Source: edited detail of a digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [www.romanicodigital.com]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission received from the FSMLR

human figure - male - warrior - carrying a lance - dragon - fighting - detail

Scene Description: [NB: the image here shows the base upturned, as suggested in the Enciclopedia [cf. FontNotes]]

human figure - male - warrior - carrying a lance - dragon - fighting - detail

Scene Description: [NB: the image here shows the base upturned, as suggested in the Enciclopedia [cf. FontNotes]]

human figure - male - warrior - carrying a lance - dragon - fighting - detail

Scene Description: [NB: the image here shows the base upturned, as suggested in the Enciclopedia [cf. FontNotes]]

human figure - male - warrior - carrying a lance - dragon - fighting - detail

Scene Description: [NB: the image here shows the base upturned, as suggested in the Enciclopedia [cf. FontNotes]]

view of church exterior in context

Image Source: digital photograph April 2022 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 24 April 2022)

view of church interior - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph April 2022 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 24 April 2022)

view of church interior - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph April 2022 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 24 April 2022)

view of church interior - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph April 2022 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 24 April 2022)

INFORMATION

FontID: 00723VAL

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel Arcángel

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael

Church Location: 09125 San Miguel, Los Valcárceres, Burgos, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Burgos, Castilla y León

Directions to Site: Located off the BU-V-6013, W of the N-627, 15 km N of Villadiego, 50-55 NW of Burgos capital. The church is located in the barrio of San Miguel

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos

Historical Region: Comarca Odra Piduerga

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, N side, below the gallery

Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?

Cognate Fonts: [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: Click to view font notes

Described and partially illustrated in Bilbao (1996) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the decoration of the basin imitates the staves and hoops of a wooden font, nail heads included, plus a complex rope motif; the round base has a scene of a fight between a serpent and a lion on one side; on the other, a knight spears a reptile-like dragon, a likely reference to the patron church of this church, the archangel St. Michael. Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ), which indicates similarities between the fonts at Bañuelos del Rudrón, Grijalba, Villegas, Villamayor de Treviño, La Piedra, Villasandino, Rebolledo de Traspeña y Los Valcárceres. The Enciclopedia… (ibid.) suggests the base is set upside-down, and assigns a late date to it [century not specificied] based on the carving pattern. The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 16 April 2022] notes about this church: "dedicada a San Miguel en el barrio de su nombre, en alto, en la ladera, separada del barrio, renacentista", and describes the font in it: " la de san Miguel es también románica, buena, con gallones y anillo, sogueadado, avenerada por dentro, y base circular con serpiente".

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 423312 4718607

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Diameter (includes rim): 120.5 cm*

Basin Total Height: 48 cm**

Height of Base: 50 cm**

Font Height (less Plinth): 99 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996) / ** Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- )

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-