Medina de Pomar
Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2010
Standing permission
Results: 6 records
BU01: angel - holding book - 2
CR01: design element - motifs - foliage
LB01: design element - motifs
view of font
view of basin - interior
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07784MED
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Santa Cruz
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in one of the chapels or alcoves on the S side of the S aisle [the former entrance may have been nearby]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Cross
Church Address: C. Sta. Cruz, 09500 Medina de Pomar, Burgos, Spain -- Tel.: +34 947 19 04 44
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off BU-V-5601, W of the N-629, near Villarcayo, 90 km N of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Additional Comments: altered font? / partially re-cut?
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font probably of the 16th or 17th century; it appears to have been knocked about, and perhaps altered, as the basin sides show signs of partial varvings; as it stands now [June 2010] the basin is round and fairly shallow, the underbowl decorated with two 'flying' angels lying horizontally and holding forward books in their hands; the polygonal stem has a ball-like top decorated with foliated motifs; splayed at the bottom to a moulded end; the lower base is octagonal-to-square, decorated with motifs that are now worn or damaged. [NB: an uncorroborated source suggests this font was originally at the Ermita de Nuestra Señora del Salcinar y del Rosario]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 460109 4752604
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.925017, -3.488817
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 55′ 30.06″ N, 3° 29′ 19.74″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining