Villaescusa la Solana / Villaescusa de Solana

image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2021)

Results: 22 records

symbol - cross - pattée - in a circle

Scene Description: on the upper surface of the rim; they are unevenly carved, eroded and damaged

Copyright Statement: image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 9 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2021)

symbol - cross - pattée - in a circle - 7

Scene Description: Seven potent (pattées) crosses inscribed in circles; the same motif appears on the rim as well

Copyright Statement: image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 9 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2021)

view of basin

Copyright Statement: image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 9 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2021)

view of basin

Scene Description: showing the side with the worst damage, a fragment of the metal staple still visible in the stone

Copyright Statement: image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 9 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2021)

view of basin - detail

Copyright Statement: image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 9 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2021)

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: showing the uneven placement of the inscribed crosses

Copyright Statement: image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 9 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2021)

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: showing the side with the worst damage, a fragment of the metal staple still visible in the stone

Copyright Statement: image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 9 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2021)

view of basin - upper view

Copyright Statement: image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 9 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2021)

view of basin - upper view

Copyright Statement: image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 9 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2021)

view of basin - upper view

Copyright Statement: image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 9 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2021)

view of basin - upper view

Copyright Statement: image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 9 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2021)

view of basin - upper view - detail

Scene Description: one of the rim inscribed crosses

Copyright Statement: image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 9 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2021)

view of basin - upper view - detail

Scene Description: one of the rim inscribed crosses

Copyright Statement: image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 9 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2021)

view of basin - upper view - detail

Scene Description: one of the rim inscribed crosses

Copyright Statement: image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 9 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2021)

view of church exterior in context

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Image Source: digital photograph 9 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: the railing of the 'baptistery' is partially visible at the far [west] end, right [north] side, beneath the west gallery

Copyright Statement: image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 9 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2021)

view of font

Copyright Statement: image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 9 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font

Copyright Statement: image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 9 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font

Copyright Statement: image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 9 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2021)

view of font

Copyright Statement: image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 9 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2021)

view of font

Scene Description: showing the side with the worst damage, a fragment of the metal staple still visible in the stone

Copyright Statement: image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 9 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2021)

view of font in context

Scene Description: the 'baptistery' enclosure in the northwest corner of the church

Copyright Statement: image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 9 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2021)

INFORMATION

FontID: 02098VIL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Riva
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Barrio de Arriba, 1, 09292 Villaescusa la Solana, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the junction BU701-BU702, in the municipality of Villaescusa la Sombría, about 25-30 km ENE of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de Montes de Oca / Hermandad de Montes de Oca / Partido Juarros / Partido de Belorado / Castilla la Vieja
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the gallery, N side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: 17thC century church
Described in Bilbao (1996: 296) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the hemispheric basin is decorated with seven potent [pattée] crosses inscribed in circles; the same motif appears twice on the rim as well; the pedestal base is circular. No entry found in the Eciclopedia del románico. The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 11 December 2021] notes: "iglesia, dedicada a Nuestra Señora de la Riva, del siglo XVII [...] La pila es de copa y tiene cruces incisas y pie cilíndrico".

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 465404 4697175

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): 98 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 95.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996: 296)

REFERENCES

Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996