Villavedon / Villa Vedón / Villavedón
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design element - motifs - knob
![the four motifs at the corners of the square lower base are described in the Enciclopedi... as "garras" [claws]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1220114008_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the four motifs at the corners of the square lower base are described in the Enciclopedi... as "garras" [claws]
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Image Source: digital photograph 11 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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design element - motifs - moulding
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design element - motifs - moulding
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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design element - motifs - unidentified
Scene Description: the one visible here on the left is unidentified; the one on the right appears to be a knob; the Enciclopedia... describes all four as "garras" [claws]
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Image Source: digital photograph 11 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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design element - patterns - ribbed
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: is there a drain hole hidden by the shells?
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Villavedón, vista aérea."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © MottaW, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph 30 August 2018 by MottaW [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Villavedon-agosto-2018-aerea.jpg] [accessed 14 January 2022]
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view of font
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Image Source: digital photograph 11 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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view of font
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Image Source: digital photograph 11 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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view of font and cover
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view of font and cover in context
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Image Source: digital photograph 11 December 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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INFORMATION
FontID: 14814VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquiaj de San Martín Obispo
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Pl. Iglesia, 09124 Villavedón, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the BU-V-6231, in the municipality and 12 km NW of Villadiego, 55 km NW of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de Odra-Pisuerga
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this font
Church Notes: present church Renaissamce
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ) as a Romanesque baptismal font consisting of a hemispherical basin decorated with a broad ribbed pattern on the outside, a moulding at the upper rim and another at the bottom of the underbowl; raised on a circular base that ends below in a thick moulding and varied motifs (?) [claws, according to the Enciclopedia] at 90-degree angles. The present font cover is modern; the upper rim of the basin retains a pair of old metal staples. The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 14 January 2022] notes: "iglesia dedicada a San Martín, obispo, renacentista [...] La pila es románica con borde moldurado y un amago de gallones y pie cilíndrico".
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 409725 4716182
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 103 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 90.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- )
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
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-