Puras / Puras de Villafranca

Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 August 2021)

Results: 18 records

design element - motifs - groove

Scene Description: on the upper rim, framing the inner concave rib pattern all around

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

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design element - motifs - groove - parallel - 2

Scene Description: on the roll moulding

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

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design element - motifs - moulding

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 - roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

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

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design element - patterns - ribbed

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

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

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design element - patterns - ribbed - concave

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 - interior

Scene Description: showing the drain hole

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

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view of basin - rim - detail

Scene Description: showing the damage caused by the metal staple of the cover splitting the stone

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

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view of church exterior - south portal

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

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view of church exterior in context

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

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view of church interior - baptistery

Scene Description: the baptistery chapel on the north side, right across from the south entranceway

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

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view of church interior - looking east

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: the opening on the north wall, right across from the south entranceway is where the baptistery chapel is located

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view of font

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view of font and cover

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view of font and cover

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

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view of font and cover

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 15 August 2021)

view of font and cover in context

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

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INFORMATION

FontID: 14834PUR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martin Obispo / de Tours
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: 09258 Puras de Villafranca, Belorado, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the BU-811, S of the N-120, in the municipality and 6 km SW of Belorado, about 40 km ENE of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de Montes de Oca / Alfoz de Oca / Merindad de La Rioja con Montes de Oca / Partido de Juarros / Partido de Belorado / Castilla la Vieja
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a N chapel across from the S entranceway
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font. We are also grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico.
Church Notes: early-13thC? church;
Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ) [www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_PURAS_DE_VILLAFRANCA.pdf] [accessed 16 August 2021] as a baptismal of the early 13th century consisting of a hemispherical basin decorated with ribbed patterns inside (concave) and out, raised on a moulded round base [="En el interior se conserva una pila bautismal del mismo momento [i.e., 13thC] decorada con gallones, tanto en el interior como en el exterior de la copa."]. The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 16 August 2021] notes: "San Martín, obispo, es el titular de su iglesia [...] Su ábside es rectangular. La portada tiene arco de medio punto (que puede ser románica), con columnas, capiteles y arquivoltas, pero todo recubierto de yeso, bajo pórtico cerrado, con puerta adintelada y reja. Y la torre es en espadaña, con dos óculos, tres huecos y dos campanas"; there is no mention of a font in it.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 480792 4692365

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

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: round, plain and flat, with handle; modern

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-