Monasterio de Rodilla
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view of basin
Scene Description: the 18th-century (?) font
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 21 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: the 18th-century (?) font
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue
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view of church exterior
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the 18th-century (?) font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the 18th-century (?) font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 14379ROD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Ermita-Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Valle
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located on the N-1, 23 km NE of Burgos capital
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 18th century
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of church and font
Font Notes:
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The original (?) baptismal font from this Romanesque church is reported in the Iglesia de San Juan de Ortega [cf. Index entry for Burgos No. 6]. The present font, probably from the 18th century, is a hemispherical basin decorated with ribbed pattern all around
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: not lined
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plaint, with handle; modern; there probably was a more complex cover with a locking mechanism at some point, as the metal staples in the upper rim suggest