Mazuela

INFORMATION

FontID: 07776MAZ
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Esteban
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located 8 km from Villaguiran
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: , Medieval
Baptismal font. In 1710 a vistation by the Arcipreste results in a command to provide a lock for the font to prevent desecration ["para que no se hagan indecencias"] [source: www.mazuela.com]. Neither date nor ornamentation are indicated in this source; the font may be of the Romanesque period, the date of the church itself.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

LID INFORMATION

Date: 18th cent.?
Notes: cf. Font notes