Rojas
Results: 4 records
BBU01: design element - motifs - rope moulding
LB01: symbol - cross - saltire - 4
R01: symbol - cross - saltire - 4
view of church exterior - detail
Scene Description: capital of the portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fundación Santa María La Real, 2002
Image Source: photograph in Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002-)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
FontID: 07699ROJ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés Apóstol
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located about 15 km WNW of Briviesca
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a baptistery chapel
Century and Period: 13th - 16th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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Listed in Bilbao (1996.) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period. The Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ), however, dates it to the Gothic period or later; the octagonal basin has irregular sides ornamented with a rope motif at the upper end; at the upper rim, four saltire crosses; octagonal base also ornamented with four such crosses.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 90 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 89 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Bilbao (1996)]
REFERENCES
Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996
Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2002-