Gumiel de Hizan No. 2 / Gumiel de Hizán / Gumiel de Izan / Gumiel de Izán
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view of font in context
Scene Description: as displayed inside the church in 2014
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ramón Escobar Hervás, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 November 2014 by Ramón Escobar Hervás [http://maravillasdeespana.blogspot.ca/2014/11/burgos-tarde-el-romanico-del-esgueva-y.html] [accessed 15 June 2016]
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view of basin - interior
![[NB: the font was under repairs at the time of our visit, 29 May, 1999]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/GUM9900815_compressed.png)
Scene Description: [NB: the font was under repairs at the time of our visit, 29 May, 1999]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: photograph taken 29 May 1999 by BSi
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - columns
Scene Description: were there figures in them?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: photograph taken 29 May 1999 by BSi
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
view of basin
Scene Description: [NB: the font was under repairs at the time of our visit, 29 May, 1999]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: photograph taken 29 May 1999 by BSi
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02358GUM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 1999-05-29
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: the font at Reveche [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Santa María [aka Iglesia de Santa María de la Asunción -- orig. from Santa Marina de Revilla]
Font Location in Church: Located in the Capilla de la Virgen del Rosario [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Previous Font Location(s): Ermita de Santa Marina de Revilla
de Gumiel
Church Notes: The church has inherited capitals from local Cistercian monastery.
Church Address: 09370 Gumiel de Hizán, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 12 km N of Aranda de Duero, 68 km from Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Ribera del Duero
Additional Comments: disused font / moved font [cf. FontNotes] ***IMAGES RECEIVED -- TO BE LOADED AND ENTERED IN IMAGE SUBFORM***
Font Notes:
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Listed in Guerra (1986 c1978) as an immersion baptismal font of the Romanesque period. Valle Barreda (2009) reports a baptismal font of the Romanesque period in this church, originally from the Ermita de Santa Marina de Revilla. It is noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_GUMIEL_DE_IZÁN.pdf] [accessed 2 December 2025]: "En la misma capilla del Rosario se conserva una pila bautismal procedente de la ermita de Santa Marina de Revilla de Gumiel; tiene copa hemisférica de 126 cm de diámetro y 77 cm de altura, decorándose con arquerías ciegas de medio punto muy similares a las de la pila de Reveche."
On-site notes: large unmounted basin stands on its side; there is a large vertical crack on the basin; the sides appear ornamented with an arcade of narrow arches that perhaps framed standing figures (?) but it is too eroded to discern the details. Hinges evident in the rim; currently [29 May 1999] under repair; said to be originally from a nearby rural chapel known as Ermita de Santa Marina de Revilla. [NB: the font is recorded as being displayed inside the church Santa Maria at Gumiel de Hizan in 2014 [cf. Images Area]]
On-site notes: large unmounted basin stands on its side; there is a large vertical crack on the basin; the sides appear ornamented with an arcade of narrow arches that perhaps framed standing figures (?) but it is too eroded to discern the details. Hinges evident in the rim; currently [29 May 1999] under repair; said to be originally from a nearby rural chapel known as Ermita de Santa Marina de Revilla. [NB: the font is recorded as being displayed inside the church Santa Maria at Gumiel de Hizan in 2014 [cf. Images Area]]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 442811 4624835
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.773333, -3.688056
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 46' 24" N, 3° 41′ 17″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (very porous)
Number of Pieces: one piece
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 13-15 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 93 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 122 cm* / 126 cm**
Basin Depth: 40 cm*
Basin Total Height: 50 cm*
Height of Base: 25 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 75 cm* / 77 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** Enciclopedia del románico
REFERENCES
- Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.
- Guerra, Manuel, Simbología románica: el cristianismo y otras religiones en el arte románico, Madrid: Fundación Universitaria Española, 1986, c1978, p. 82 fn33
- Valle Barreda, César del, Todo el románico de Burgos, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, 2009, p. 533