Monasterio de Rodilla

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view of basin

Scene Description: the 18th-century (?) font

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view of basin - interior

Scene Description: the 18th-century (?) font

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view of church exterior

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view of font and cover

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 font and cover in context

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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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
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