Villaescusa la Sombria / Villaescusa de Sombría / Villaescusa la Sombría
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: part of the basin block
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symbol - cross - pattée - in a circle
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view of basin - interior
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view of basin - upper view
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view of church exterior - west view
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view of font
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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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Scene Description: there are three stone objects near the font, all three looking very much like bases of baptismal font, central drains clearly visible in them; could one of them be the original base of the nearby basin? What about the others?]
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view of object
Scene Description: there are three stone objects near the font, all three looking very much like bases of baptismal font, central drains clearly visible in them; could one of them be the original base of the nearby basin? What about the others?]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 02099VIL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel Arcángel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: 09292 Villaescusa la Sombría, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located near the junction BU-701 and BU-702, 22 km W of Belorado, 25-39 km ENE of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de Montes de Oca / Villaescusa de Sombría, Belorado, Castilla la Vieja
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W 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
Described in Bilbao (1996: 75, 297) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period decorated with inscribed crosses. The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 12 February 2022] notes: "Junto a la carretera está ubicada su iglesia, dedicada a San Miguel Arcángel, de una nave [...] La pila es románica, de vaso con dibujos incisos y tiene base circular." The baptismal font appears to be monolithic [cf. infra], a roughly hemispherical basin; the upper rim surface of the basin is ornamented with eight tiny inscribed Maltese crosses all around; the same symbol but larger appears on the side of the basin; the lower end of the basin is decorated with a roll moulding; the basin rests directly on the ground. No cover present. [NB: there are three stone objects near the font, all three looking very much like bases of baptismal font, central drains clearly visible in them; could one of them be the original base of the nearby basin? What about the others?]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
42.414814,
-3.419398
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
42° 24' 53.3" N,
3° 25' 9.8" W
UTM: 30T 465493 4695919
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 105 cm*
Basin Total Height: 82 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 82 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996: 297)
REFERENCES
Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996