Villanueva Soportilla
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Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue
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view of basin - interior
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view of church exterior
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view of church exterior - portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "Villanueva Soportilla, Burgos"
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Villanueva Soportilla, Burgos"
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view of church interior - looking east
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view of church interior - looking west
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind
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design element - motifs - leaf
Scene Description: Large leaf motif on the upper base.
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design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
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design element - patterns - ribbed
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02121VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia parroquial de San Esteban Protomártir
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the wall, N side.
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Address: C. Rio Ebro, 12, 09214 Villanueva-Soportilla, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 5-6 km NW of Santa Gadea del Cid, in the municipality of Bozoó, 15-20 km NW of Miranda de Ebro
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Font Notes:
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Listed in Vélez Chaurri (1984: 53). Described in Bilbao (1996: 298 et al.) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the hemispherical basin is ribbed inside and out; the base has large vegetal motif ornamentation; the round lower base is decorated with arches.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font, and to him and Mikel Unanue for their help documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 493915 4732598
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.745878, -3.074347
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 44′ 45.16″ N, 3° 4′ 27.65″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 112 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 102 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, p. 53, 63, 107, 298
- Vélez Chaurri, J., Románico en Miranda y su comarca, 1984, p. 53