Pedruzo
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07531PED
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century (?), Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: 13thC church modified 16th and 17thC
Church Address: C. Mayor, 6, 09217 Pedruzo, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgenlandkreis, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the BU-741, in the Condado de Treviño, 115 km of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Condado de Treviño
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original 13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Described in Bilbao (1994: 129) as a medieval baptismal font; the octagonal basin is raised on a prismatic base. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria. The entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_PEDRUZO.pdf] [accessed 17 May 2025] mentions no font in it.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968, vol. II: 163
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 129