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INFORMATION

FontID: 02199BUS

Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Julián

Church Patron Saints: St. Julianus

Church Location: Bo. Bustasur, 11, 39417 Bustasur, Cantabria, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Cantabria, Cantabria

Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of and 6 km from Las Rozas de Valdearroyo, near Arroyo

Historical Region: Santander province

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 11th - 12th century (?), Romanesque

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Described in Calderón Escalada (1971) as a beautiful baptismal font of the early Romanesque period. Described in García Guinea (1979) as a square font with rounded edges and an encircled Greek cross on the basin [NB: the church had belonged to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, i.e., Knights of Malta]. García de Castro Valdés (2000) notes medieval quadrangular fonts in Spain at Beloncio, Bullaso, San Isidoro de Leon, Villanueva de Valdecarzana (suggested date in the 11th century); Armentia, Bustasur, Dosante, Gormaz, Quintanillabon, Rosales, Santillan del Agua, Soto de Bureba (suggested date in the 12th or 13th century); Ripodas and Turrillas (suggested date in the 13th century).

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.123889, -3.903056

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 7′ 26″ N, 3° 54′ 11″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Font Shape: square (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Calderón Escalada, José, Campoo: panorama histórico y etnográfico de un valle, Santander: Institución Cultural de Cantabria, Diputación Provincial, 1971

García Guinea, Miguel Angel, El Románico en Santander, Santander: Librería Estudio, 1979

García de Castro Valdés, César, "Nuevas piezas de arqueología cristiana altomedieval en Asturias", 7 (2000), Revista de Arqueología del Área de Historia Medieval, 2000, pp. [201]-218; r["References"]

Múñiz López, Iván, "La pila bautismal de tradición prerrománica de Castrillón (Asturias): el control señorial del bautismo", 2 (2007), Territorio, sociedad y poder, 2007, pp. 265-274; r["References"]