Villafuertes
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design element - motifs - leaf - 4
Scene Description: a leaf appears at each angle of the lower base.
view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Villafuertes. Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Rosario"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Iñaki Carrascal, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 21 December 2022 by Iñaki Carrascal [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Villafuertes_03_(Iglesia_de_Nuestra_Señora_del_Rosario).jpg] [accessed 19 February 2025]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 02101VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Calle Iglesia, 1, 09339 Villafuertes, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located on ther BU-100, about 20 km SSW of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, under the choir
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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Described in Bilbao (1996: 107, 297) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the plain basin rests on a cylindrical upper base and a semi-sunken rectangular lower base; the latter has a leaf motif at each angle.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.17693, -3.802044
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 10′ 36.95″ N, 3° 48′ 7.36″ W
UTM: 30T 433761 4669732
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 104 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 91 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