Villanueva Soportilla
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind
design element - motifs - leaf
Scene Description: Large leaf motif on the upper base.
design element - patterns - ribbed
design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
view of church exterior - portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "Villanueva Soportilla, Burgos"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rowanwindwhistler, 2007
Image Source: digita photograph 18 September 2007 by Rowanwindwhistler [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VillanuevaSoportilla0286.JPG] [accessed 25 July 2024]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0
view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Villanueva Soportilla, Burgos"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rowanwindwhistler, 2007
Image Source: digita photograph 18 September 2007 by Rowanwindwhistler [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VillanuevaSoportilla0283.JPG] [accessed 25 July 2024]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 02121VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia parroquial de San Esteban Protomártir
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Church Location: C. Rio Ebro, 12, 09214 Villanueva-Soportilla, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
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
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the wall, N side.
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
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.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.745878, -3.074347
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 44′ 45.16″ N, 3° 4′ 27.65″ W
UTM: 30T 493915 4732598
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
Vélez Chaurri, J., Románico en Miranda y su comarca, 1984