Sasamon No. 2 / Sasamón / Segisama / Segisama Julia / Segisamone

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design element - patterns - ribbed
view of basin
view of basin in context
view of font in context
view of font in context
view of font in context
view of font in context
view of font in context
INFORMATION
FontID: 08737SAS
Church/Chapel: Iglesia [aka Colegiata] de Santa María la Real
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Calle Arco, 1, 09123 Sasamon, Burgos, Burgos, Spain -- Tel.: +34 947 37 01 54
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located at a crossroads (BU640, 641, 621...) just N of the N-120, 30-35 km W of the city of Burgos
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de Odra-Pisuerga
Font Location in Church: Seen in 1999 in an area of the church now set up as a museum -- later [by 2016] moved into the church area
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Cristina Sanchez de Gijon for her photographs of this font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
On-site notes: a large hemispherical basin made of limestone and decorated with ribbed pattern; it may be the old font from this church. At the time of our visit (8 June 1999) the basin of the font was part of a display of remains from the old church here, a make-shift lapidarium; the label placed near it reads: "Pila bautismal románica -- siglo XIII -- piedra caliza -- Sasamón" [=Romanesque baptismal font -- 13th century -- limestone -- Sasamón]. The basin was later [viewed in 2016] mounted on a modern base and moved to the interior of the church. [cf. Index entry for Sasamón No. 1 for a Gothic baptismal font decorated with scenes from the life of Christ in this same church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
42.418056,
-4.041667
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
42° 25′ 5″ N,
4° 2′ 30″ W
UTM: 30T 414298 4696720
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round