Bustasur
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symbol - cross - Greek - in a circle
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cantabria romanica, 2025
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02199BUS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century (?), Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Julián
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Julianus
Church Address: Bo. Bustasur, 11, 39417 Bustasur, Cantabria, Spain
Site Location: Cantabria, Cantabria, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of and 6 km from Las Rozas de Valdearroyo, near Arroyo
Historical Region: Santander province
Font Notes:
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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
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.123889, -3.903056
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, p. 42, 47
- García Guinea, Miguel Angel, El Románico en Santander, Santander: Librería Estudio, 1979, p. 292
- 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; p. 209
- 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; p. 271