Gumiel de Hizan No. 1 / Gumiel de Hizán / Gumiel de Izan / Gumiel de Izán

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Results: 8 records
Apostle or saint - Apostles - 12 - 1 per niche
design element - architectural - arcade - trefoiled arches - 12
design element - motifs - ball - 12
design element - motifs - roll moulding
design element - motifs - vine - acanthus or oak?
view of church exterior - south portal
Scene Description: the Baroque façade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zarateman, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 August 2012 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gumiel_de_Izán_-_Santa_Maria_de_la_Asuncion_03.jpg] [accessed 13 August 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-Zero
view of church exterior - southwest end
INFORMATION
FontID: 02064GUM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Santa María [aka Iglesia de Santa María de la Asunción / Nuestra Señora de la Asunción]
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: 09370 Gumiel de Hizán, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located 12 km N of Aranda de Duero, 68 km from Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Ribera del Duero
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century (late?), Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mari Carmen Enparan for he photograph of this font, and to Mikel Unanue for his help in documenting this font
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font listed in Guerra (1986). In Bilbao (1996) with date in the 15th century.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.773333, -3.688056
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 46' 24" N, 3° 41′ 17″ W
UTM: 30T 442811 4624835
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispherical (mounted) -- chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 19-20 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 118 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 144 cm*
Basin Depth: 57 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 67 cm*
Basin Total Height: 80 cm*
Height of Base: 30 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 110 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BSI
REFERENCES
Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996
Guerra, Manuel, Simbología románica: el cristianismo y otras religiones en el arte románico, Madrid: Fundación Universitaria Española, 1986, c1978