Cuzcurrita de Juarros No. 2
Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2005
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 18 October 2004)
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design element - patterns - ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph by David de la Garma [www.arteguias.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 18 October 2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph by David de la Garma [www.arteguias.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 18 October 2004)
INFORMATION
FontID: 07768CUZ
Church/Chapel: Monasterio de Santa María de la Vid
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: [address & coordinates are for the monastery] Calle Camino Real, 3, 09471 La Vid, Burgos, Spain -- Tel.: +34 947 53 05 10
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Cuzcurrita de Juarros is located just N of Cueva de Juarros, about 20 kms ESE of the city of Burgos. The Monasterio de la Vid is located off (S) the N-122, 20-25 km E of Aranda de Duero
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Alfoz de Burgos
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David de la Garma, of www.arteguias.com, and to Pedro Lozano Huerta for their photographs of this font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in Bilbao (1996) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the basin is ornamented with crudely rendered ribbed pattern, raised on a modern base. The basin, a roughly cylindrical block sligthly tapering towards the bottom, is actually quite irregular, a crude work in general terms, the ribbed pattern very uneven and the shape of the block equally rendered; the underbowl is flat but the block of limestone has a narrow neck piece that would have met the original base; the upper rim of the basin has retained the iron staples of the old cover. As Bilbao points out [cf. supra] the four blocks that make up the current base are a modern addition. NB: this font may be originally from Cuzcurrita de Juarros]. The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 19 April March 2021] notes: "San Román, mártir, es el titular de su iglesia [...] La pila es románica con sogueado en borde y arcos insinuados en copa y tiene base cilíndrica. "
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
41.6289,
-3.4879
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
41° 37′ 44.04″ N,
3° 29′ 16.44″ W
UTM: 30T 459359 4608690
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: five
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 97 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 72 cm
Notes on Measurements: Bilbao (1996: 296)
LID INFORMATION
Notes: iron staples of the old cover show up in the upper rim
REFERENCES
Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996