Valpuesta

Image copyright © Andrés Ortega, 2004

Image and permission received from the author (e-mail 20/5/2004)

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design element - motifs - moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph February 2023 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 6 February 2023)

design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: stylised

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph February 2023 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Colegiata de Valpuesta (Berberana, provincia de Burgos), en el valle de Valdegovía"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Toño Antón, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph 1 August 2016 by Toño Antón [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colegiata_Valpuesta_Agosto_2016.jpg] [accessed 7 February 2023]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Valpuesta (Burgos)"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]

Image Source: digital photograph 31 July 2020 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Valpuesta_23.jpg] [accessed 7 February 2023]

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view of church interior - retable

Scene Description: Source caption: "Colegiata de Santa María de Valpuesta (Valle de Valdegovía, Burgos)"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zarateman, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph 22 September 2011 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Valpuesta_-_Colegiata_de_Santa_Maria_40_(Retablo_Mayor).jpg] [accessed 7 February 2023]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Ortega, 2004

Image Source: digital photograph by Andrés Ortega [www.romanicoennavarra.info]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail 20/5/2004)

view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph February 2023 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 6 February 2023)

INFORMATION

FontID: 09612VAL
Church/Chapel: Monasterio de Santa María / Colegiata de Santa Maria la Mayor de Valpuesta
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: C. Real, 25, 01427 Valpuesta, Burgos, Spain -- Tel.: +34 678 89 62 16
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A-2622/BU-555, just NW of Valedgovia, about 25 km NW of Miranda de Ebro, 90-100 km NE of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Las Merindades
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a chapel off the nave, N side
Century and Period: 15th - 17th century[composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Andrés Ortega of www.romanicoennavarra.info, and to Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre for thei photographs of this font
Church Notes: plan for church here documented 1092; building of a later church in 1341 documented; modified 18thC; partially restored 1996
The baptismal font in this locality consists of only the original basin of a late Gothic or early Renaissance font; it is roughly hemispherical with a protruding upper rim and decoration of stylised ribbed pattern around the underbowl; this basin is now [May 2004] mounted on a totally unrelated base, a quadrangular block of stone. The font here is not mentioned in either the Enciclopedia or in Nebreda Perdiguero.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 489903 4745923

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Notes: one metal staple from an earlier font anchoring