Monasterio de Rodilla

Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2009
Standing permission
Results: 5 records
view of basin
view of basin - interior
view of church exterior
view of font and cover
INFORMATION
FontID: 14379ROD
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: Click to view font notes
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