Burgos No. 5

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 5 June 1999 by BSI

design element - patterns - ribbed

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 5 June 1999 by BSI

view of church exterior - north portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken November 2013 by Jose Luis Filpo Cabana [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_San_Esteban_(Burgos)._Portada_norte.jpg] [accessed 24 September 2016]

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view of church exterior - north portal - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Capiteles románicos. Según la iconografía representada son Adán y Eva, símbolo del pecado original."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 September 2013 by Eliana Alvoz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_San_Esteban_(Burgos).jpg] [accessed 24 September 2016]

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view of church exterior - north portal - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Capitel con motivos decorativos de origen románico. La figura representada podría tratarse de San Pedro."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 September 2013 by Eliana Alvoz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_San_Esteban,_capiteles_(Burgos).jpg] [accessed 24 September 2016]

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view of church exterior - west façade

Scene Description: now a museum

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2014 by Carlos Delgado [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_San_Esteban_de_Burgos_-_01.jpg] [accessed 24 September 2016]

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view of church exterior - west portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 September 2013 by Rowanwindwhistler [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IglesiaDeSanEstebanMuseoDelRetablo20130911101512SAM_3178.jpg] [accessed 24 September 2016]

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view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 5 June 1999 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 02371EST

Museum and Inventory Number: Museo del Retablo [Church of San Esteban]

Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Esteban [now named "Museo del Retablo"]

Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen

Church Location: C/ San Esteban, s/n, 09071 Burgos, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Burgos, Castilla y León

Directions to Site: Located off the old centre, towards the east of the city

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos

Font Location in Church: In an alcove to the left of the western entrance

Century and Period: 14th - 15th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the staff at the museum for their help in documenting its fonts

Church Notes: The former iglesia de San Esteban has been renamed Museo del Retablo and is used as a museum of religious art for the city of Burgos

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

This is the original font of the San Esteban church; this church is now converted to museum, the Museo del Retablo. On-site notes: the motif ornamenting the base is similar to that found on the façade of the Mahamud (Burgos) church which was built in 1773 which dates the "base" to the same period.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.341944, -3.705278

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 20′ 31″ N, 3° 42′ 19″ W

UTM: 30T 441904 4687984

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

Number of Pieces: two (bowl and base)

Font Shape: chalice-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 13 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 78 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 104 cm

Basin Depth: 47 cm

Basin Total Height: 60 cm

Height of Base: 46 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 106 cm

Square Base Dimensions: 37 x 38 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site