Burgos No. 5
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design element - patterns - ribbed
design element - motifs - roll moulding
view of church exterior - north portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jose Luis Filpo Cabana, 2013
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: "Capitel con motivos decorativos de origen románico. La figura representada podría tratarse de San Pedro."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eliana Alvoz, 2013
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 - north portal - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Capiteles románicos. Según la iconografía representada son Adán y Eva, símbolo del pecado original."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eliana Alvoz, 2013
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 - west portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rowanwindwhistler, 2013
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 church exterior - west façade
Scene Description: now a museum
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Carlos Delgado, 2014
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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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02371EST
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 1999-06-05
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Museum: Museo del Retablo [Church of San Esteban]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Esteban [now named "Museo del Retablo"]
Font Location in Church: In an alcove to the left of the western entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
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
Church Address: C/ San Esteban, s/n, 09071 Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the old centre, towards the east of the city
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Additional Comments: altered font (base is a later replacement)
Font Notes:
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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.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the staff at the museum for their help in documenting its fonts
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 441904 4687984
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.341944, -3.705278
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 20′ 31″ N, 3° 42′ 19″ W
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
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
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