Porquera del Butron / Porquera del Butrón

Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 17 May 2021)

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design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: since the flooring appears to have been raised around the base of the font this 'moulding' mya be just the visible top of the lower base

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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design element - motifs - zigzag

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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symbol - cross - Greek - Maltese - in a circle

Scene Description: several of them; at least one may have been intended as a wheel motif rather than a cross

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Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of base

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of basin - northwest side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of basin - south side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of basin - south side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of basin - southeast side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church exterior

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © La Contenedora, 2015

Image Source: digital photograph in La Contenedora [http://lacontenedora.blogspot.ca/p/situacion.html] [accessed 5 September 2015]

Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the medieval font is visible in the north [left] chapel here

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: the medieval font is visible in the north [right] chapel here, opposite the south entranceway

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 17 May 2021)

view of church interior - looking west

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Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church interior - window

Scene Description: "la ventana, fue descubierta durante las reformas de la década de los ochenta del siglo XX en el muro septentrional de la cabecera" [source: Enciclopedia del románico [www.romanicodigital.com]]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020

Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [www.romanicodigital.com]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font

Scene Description: "pila bautismal, de traza románica" [source: Enciclopedia del románico [www.romanicodigital.com]]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 17 May 2021)

view of font - northwest side

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Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font - south side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font - south side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 17 May 2021)

view of font - southeast side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 17 May 2021)

view of font - southwest side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 17 May 2021)

view of font - southwest side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 17 May 2021)

view of font in context - south side

Scene Description: the medieval font in the north chapel

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 17 May 2021)

INFORMATION

FontID: 14800POR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Millán Abad
Church Patron Saints: St. Aemilian of Cogolla [aka Aemilianus, Emiliaus, Millán de la Cogolla]
Church Location: 9551 Porquera del Butrón, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the BU-V-5143, 4 km W of Dobro, 25 km SSW of Villarcayo, in the municipality of Los Altos de Dobro, 60 km N of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de Las Merindades / Valle de Sedano, Partido de Burgos, Intendencia de Burgos, Castilla la Vieja
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a Ni side chapel, opposite the S entranceway
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico, We also grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font
The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 18 May 2021] notes: "Su iglesia está dedicada a San Millán, abad. Es gótica [...] La portada es renacentista [...] La pila es románica, tosca, con pie cónico y moldura". Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ) [www.romanicodigital.com] as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period consisting of a hemispherical basin decorated with very crude zigzag and wheels incised just below the upper rim; some damage at the place where a metal staple was forcefully removed; raised on a a circular stem with a lower moulding [="La pila bautismal, de traza románica, consta de copa semiesférica de 80 cm de diámetro ×54 cm de altura, sobre tenante cilíndrico de 38 cm de alto. En su frente se dispone una tosca decoración incisa consistente en una banda de zigzag junto a la embocadura y rosetas en clípeos. Otra incompleta y ruda banda de zigzag con perlas decora parte de la superficie"]. The decoration on the font appears to show that a stone mason had the idea of the sort of motifs were used on other fonts in the area, but he was not skilled enough to replicated them, hence the crude and irregular carvings on this font. There is no font cover present but there is evidenco of damage opposite sides of the upper of the basin where the former metal staples have split the stone.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 80 cm*
Basin Total Height: 54 cm*
Height of Base: 38 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- )

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2002-