Arana
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Es una pena, pero en este lamentable estado se encuentra la que en su día fue la iglesia de esta pedanía perteneciente al Condado de Treviño."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © maoa, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 26 July 2017 by maoa [www.verpueblos.com/castilla+y+leon/burgos/arana/foto/1294316/] [accessed 13 February 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © maoa, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 30 June 2017 by maoa [www.verpueblos.com/castilla+y+leon/burgos/arana/foto/1286590/] [accessed 13 February 2021]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00741ARA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción [aka Asunción de Nuestra Señora]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: Calle Mayor, 1, 09215 Arana, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the BU-750, in the municipality of Condado de Treviño, 25 km E of Miranda de Ebro, 106 km NE of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos [formerly Calahorra]
Font Notes:
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Described in Bilbao (1994: 109) as a medieval baptismal font with a plain hemispheric basin mounted on a base ornamented with polyhedron motifs. Bilbao (ibid.) cites entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria. The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 13 February 2021] notes: "La iglesia, dedicada a la Asunción de Nuestra Señora, es de planta rectangular, románica tardía [...] El ábside al exterior es rectangular con una ventana románica de arco ya apuntado, cegada, con interesantes canecillos. La portada es también románica con arco ligeramente apuntado [...] la torre es una airosa espadaña, también románica [,,,] la pila bautismal es un recipiente semiesférico medieval y pie ornamentado". The entry for this church in Nebreda Perdiguero [https://www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 12 April 2023] notes: "La pila bautismal es un recipiente semiesférico medieval y pie ornamentado". Noted in the corresponding entry in the Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia [https://aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/en/arana/ar-14719/] [accessed 12 April 2023]: "Pila bautismal medieval. Puntas de diamante en el pie."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 523039 4727632
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.70138, -2.72083
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968, vol. II: 63
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 109