Villangomez / Villangómez
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LB01: animal - mammal - rabbit - head - 4
Scene Description: Rabbit heads at the angles of the base.
INFORMATION
FontID: 02117VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Cosme y San Damián
Church Patron Saints: St. Cosmas & St. Damian
Church Location: Villangómez, 09339 Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off E the BU-100, 20-25 km SSW of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de Arlanza
Font Location in Church: In a niche, S side wall
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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Described in Bilbao (1996: 68, 298) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the plain basin rests on square base the angles of which are decorated with rabbit heads.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.178611, -3.776111
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 10′ 43″ N, 3° 46′ 34″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 120 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 91 cm
Notes on Measurements: Bilbao (1996: 298)
REFERENCES
Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996