Valcarceres No. 2 / Los Valcárceres / Val Carçel / Valcarcel / Valcárcel

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Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 April 2022)
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Scene Description: the font is seen here in the bottom-left corner
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph April 2022 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 April 2022)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 14811VAL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Exaltación de la Santa Cruz
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Cross
Church Location: 09129 Santa Cruz, Los Valcárceres, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the BU-V-6013, W of the N-627, 15 km N of Villadiego, 50-55 NW of Burgos capital. This church is located in the barrio of Santa Cruz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca Odra Pisuerga
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, NW corner of the nave, by the S entranceway
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photograph of this church and font
Church Notes: one of three medieval churches, of which two survived
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ) notes a baptismal font of Romanesque appearance, perhaps from the old monastic church that became the later parish church; the font consists of a hemispherical basin decorated with a moulding at the upper rim, and broad ribs at the sides, a moulding where the basin meets the plain cylindrical stem. The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 15 April 2022] notes on this font: "La pila de Santa Cruz es románica con gallones y base cilíndrica".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
42.616083,
-3.935056
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
42° 36' 57.9" N,
3° 56' 6.2" W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 100 cm*
Basin Total Height: 45 cm *
Height of Base: 37 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 82 cm [calculated]
Notes on Measurements: * Enciclopedia del románico
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [a single metal staple from an earlier cover remains; damage at the opposite end probably from los staple there]
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-