Villamiel de Muno No. 1 / Villamiel de Muñó

Results: 20 records

B01: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation - Mary to the left, Gabriel to the right

on the west side of the basin [NB: orientation is approximate] -- Annunciation scene: Gabriel stands by himself in an arch to the left of Mary [i.e., by her right side]; his index finger points toward the right at her; Gabriel's left hand holds a floral sceptre; Mary stands by herself under one arch facing front, both hands raised at chest level

Scene Description: on the west side of the basin [NB: orientation is approximate] -- Annunciation scene: Gabriel stands by himself in an arch to the left of Mary [i.e., by her right side]; his index finger points toward the right at her; Gabriel's left hand holds a floral sceptre; Mary stands by herself under one arch facing front, both hands raised at chest level

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 12 May 2015)

B02: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Peter - holding 2 keys and book

Scene Description: on the southwest side of the basin [NB: orientation is approximate]

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 12 May 2015)

B02: Apostle or saint - unidenitfied - 6

on the west side of the basin [NB: orientation is approximate] -- there is no other clear identification symbol besides Peter's keys; at least one of the figures has the type of haircut that often identifies clerics

Scene Description: on the west side of the basin [NB: orientation is approximate] -- there is no other clear identification symbol besides Peter's keys; at least one of the figures has the type of haircut that often identifies clerics

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 12 May 2015)

B02: Apostle or saint - unidenitfied - 6

on the southwest side of the basin [NB: orientation is approximate] -- in this image the two arches on the left house the Annunciation scene, Gabriel in the leftmost arch, Mary in the next one -- four other figures are seen here in the other four arches; the only one with a well-defined symbol is Peter, charged with the keys

Scene Description: on the southwest side of the basin [NB: orientation is approximate] -- in this image the two arches on the left house the Annunciation scene, Gabriel in the leftmost arch, Mary in the next one -- four other figures are seen here in the other four arches; the only one with a well-defined symbol is Peter, charged with the keys

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 12 May 2015)

B03: human figure - male - crowned - on horseback - holding sword in the right hand - holding shield in the left hand

on the southeast side of the basin [NB: orientation is approximate] -- a mounted king armed with raised sword and shield passant to the right -- the scene occupies two arches and there is no supporting column in the middle

Scene Description: on the southeast side of the basin [NB: orientation is approximate] -- a mounted king armed with raised sword and shield passant to the right -- the scene occupies two arches and there is no supporting column in the middle

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 12 May 2015)

B04: human figure - male - warrior - with sword in the right hand - with long shield in the left hand - fighting a lion

on the east side of the basin [NB: orientation is approximate] -- a knight wearing armour, stabs with his sword the rampant lion that occupies the next arch

Scene Description: on the east side of the basin [NB: orientation is approximate] -- a knight wearing armour, stabs with his sword the rampant lion that occupies the next arch

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 12 May 2015)

B05: animal - fabulous animal or monster - centaur - with bow and arrow

on the northeast side of the basin [NB: orientation is approximate] -- Inside one of the arches is a centaur pointing its arrow at the fabulous monster [siren] in the next arch to the right

Scene Description: on the northeast side of the basin [NB: orientation is approximate] -- Inside one of the arches is a centaur pointing its arrow at the fabulous monster [siren] in the next arch to the right

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 12 May 2015)

B06: animal - fabulous animal or monster - siren - male

on the north side of the basin [NB: orientation is approximate] -- a male siren occupies one of the arches which surround the basin. The representation is not that of a mermaid or merman, but of the classical representation of sirens as described in Heraclitus, Servius and Isidore of Seville' Etymologiae, and others, i.e., with wings and claws, hence the avian appearance of this siren

Scene Description: on the north side of the basin [NB: orientation is approximate] -- a male siren occupies one of the arches which surround the basin. The representation is not that of a mermaid or merman, but of the classical representation of sirens as described in Heraclitus, Servius and Isidore of Seville' Etymologiae, and others, i.e., with wings and claws, hence the avian appearance of this siren

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 12 May 2015)

B07: animal - fabulous animal or monster - wading bird or crane-like serpent

on the northwest side of the basin [NB: orientation is approximate] -- Inside one of the arches stands a strange looking wading bird with long neck and legs, a reptilian tail and an odd head.

Scene Description: on the northwest side of the basin [NB: orientation is approximate] -- Inside one of the arches stands a strange looking wading bird with long neck and legs, a reptilian tail and an odd head.

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 12 May 2015)

design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - 15 - columns with capitals and bases - patterned colums

Scene Description: individualised decoration on the capitals; columns have torsade, chevroned, etc., patterns on the stems; bases are well defined

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 12 May 2015)

design element - architectural - building - detail

the upper side of the basin, between the arcade and the upper rim is decorated like a building, with 'windows' all around, mostly single, but, to the left of Peter's niche, a double window

Scene Description: the upper side of the basin, between the arcade and the upper rim is decorated like a building, with 'windows' all around, mostly single, but, to the left of Peter's niche, a double window

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 12 May 2015)

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 12 May 2015)

design element - motifs - rope moulding

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 12 May 2015)

view of church exterior

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 12 May 2015)

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: both the font (upper left side) and the stoup (lower right side) are partially visible in this image

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 12 May 2015)

view of church interior - north aisle - looking east

Scene Description: with the font near the altar, obviously not its original location

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 12 May 2015)

view of font

Scene Description: showing the damage to the upper rim and the crude repair; the image also shows the damaged base

Image Source: BSI - Photographed May 1999

view of font - northeast view

Scene Description: in the context of the north aisle

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 12 May 2015)

view of font - southwest side

Scene Description: [NB: orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 12 May 2015)

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 12 May 2015)

INFORMATION

FontID: 02114VIL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel Arcángel

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael

Church Location: 09196 Villamiel de Muñó, Burgos, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Burgos, Castilla y León

Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Cayuela, itself 12 km from Burgos capital

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos

Historical Region: Alfoz de Burgos

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the N aisle

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Cognate Fonts: the Albillos (Burgos) font has same rope motif on rim and border; also the font at Cueva Gardiel

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this church and font

Font Notes: Click to view

Listed in Pérez Carmona (1974). Frontón Simón (1994) traces the Silos influence on this font. Described and illustrated in Bilbao (1996.) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period. Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ), which suggests similarities with the font at Cueva Gardiel. The large bucket-shaped basin has an arcade of fifteen arches in which can be found: a male siren accompanied by a monstrous wading bird with long neck and legs, a reptilian tail and a strangely shaped head; a centaur appears about to shoot an arrow from its bow at the siren; a well-carved Annunciation scene follows, one figure in a separate arch: Mary is represented full front with both hands opened before her chest; she is dressed in a tunic and closed mantle, her head covered in a short veil that falls over her shoulders; to her right is Gabriel, turned slightly toward her and smiling to the viewer; the large index finger of his right hand points to Mary while his left hand holds a large flower sceptre; his hair is curled and his tunic is held by a clasp; the next arches contain six figures [Apostles?], among whom, Peter (holding keys) and Paul (holding sword) among them; the next one is occupied by an equestrian monarch, a crown on his head, armed with raised sword and shield; next come a scene that contains a standing knight, wearing a helm and protected by a shield, stabbing a rampant lion in its belly. The basin rests directly on a large circular plinth. On-site notes: the font is in an appalling state and the repairs made are dreadfully crude; the damage on the upper rim is consistent with the removal of the iron staples of the old cover. [NB: it appears that the earlier repairs were smoothed over between our first visit in June 1999 and 2015, as the later-date photographs show].

COORDINATES

UTM: 32T 434985 4679831

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 18 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 100 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 125-126cm / 135 cm* / 134 cm**

Basin Depth: 45 cm

Basin Total Height: 60 cm / 62 cm**

Height of Base: 30 cm / 35 cm**

Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm / 99 cm*

Notes on Measurements: BSI / * Bilbao (1996) / ** Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- )

REFERENCES

Historia del arte de Castilla y León, [León?]: Ambito; Junta de Castilla y León, Consejería de Cultura y Turismo, 1994-1998

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

Frontón Simón, Isabel María, "Dos nuevos ejemplares de irradiación silense en el románico burgalés: las pilas bautismales de Villamiel de Muñó y Cayuela", Burgos en a plena Edad Media: III Jornadas Burgalesas de Historia, Burgos: Asociación Provincial de Libreros de Burgos, 1994

Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2002-

Pérez Carmona, J., Arquitectura y Escultura Románicas en la Provincia de Burgos, Burgos: Facultad de Teología del Norte de España, 1974