San Martin del Rojo / San Martín del Rojo / San Martín del Roxo / Sant Martin del Roijo / Sant Martin del Rojo

Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 22 January 2021)
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design element - motifs - groove - parallel - 2
Scene Description: showing also a metal staple still in the rim and some of the damaged areas around it
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 22 January 2021)
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view of church exterior - apse - corbels
view of church exterior - apse - corbels
view of church exterior - corbel
view of church exterior - corbel
view of church exterior - northeast end
view of church exterior - porch - capital
Scene Description: Source caption: "El pórtico está compuesto por columnas y capiteles que pertenecieron a la iglesia arruinada de Fuente Humorera, cerca de San Martín"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paco Lorca, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 20 March 2020 by Paco Lorca [https://aqmapacolorca.blogspot.com/2017/03/iglesia-de-san-martin-del-rojo.html] [accessed 23 January 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - porch - capital
Scene Description: Source caption: "El pórtico está compuesto por columnas y capiteles que pertenecieron a la iglesia arruinada de Fuente Humorera, cerca de San Martín"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paco Lorca, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 20 March 2020 by Paco Lorca [https://aqmapacolorca.blogspot.com/2017/03/iglesia-de-san-martin-del-rojo.html] [accessed 23 January 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - south porch - capitel
view of church exterior - south porch - capitel
view of church exterior - south porch and portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "El pórtico está compuesto por columnas y capiteles que pertenecieron a la iglesia arruinada de Fuente Humorera, cerca de San Martín"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paco Lorca, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 20 March 2020 by Paco Lorca [https://aqmapacolorca.blogspot.com/2017/03/iglesia-de-san-martin-del-rojo.html] [accessed 23 January 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - south portal - archivolt - detail
view of church exterior - south portal - archivolt - detail
view of church exterior - south portal - archivolt - detail
view of church exterior - south portal - archivolt - detail
view of church exterior - south portal - archivolt - detail
view of church exterior - south portal - archivolt - detail
view of church exterior - south portal - archivolt - detail
view of church exterior - southeast view - detail
Scene Description: the columns and capitals of the porch are from the ruined church of Fuente Humorera
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montacedo, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 19 May 2016 by Montacedo [http://tierrasdeburgos.blogspot.com/2016/05/regreso-los-pueblos-del-silencio-san.html] [accessed 23 January 2021]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission received from the author
view of church exterior - southeast view - detail
view of church exterior in context - east view
view of church exterior in context - southeast view
view of church exterior in context - west view
view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: notice the holy-water stoup by the south entranceway
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 22 January 2021)
view of church interior - west end
view of church interior - west end
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view of font in context
INFORMATION
FontID: 14854MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción [aka la Asunción de Nuestra Señora]
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: Lugar San Martin del Rojo, 4, 09558 San Martín del Rojo, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the BU-V-5744, 4 km NW of Rioseco, 12 km W of Villarcayo, in the Valle de Manzanedo municipality, 75-80 km N of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de Las Merindades / Intendencia de Burgos / Castilla la Vieja
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, beneath the gallery [sotocoro]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montacedo, Paco Lorca and Pedro Lozano Huerta for their photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: late-12thC church(?); restored 2012+ [NB: some of the capitals, etc., are from the disappeared church in nearby Fuente Humorera]
Font Notes:
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Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ) [www.romaniconorte.org/es/contenido/index.asp?iddoc=97] [accessed 23 January 2021] as a baptismal font consisting of hemispherical basin decorated only with a moulding at the upper rim, raised on a cylindrical base and lower base, both plain ["=Al fondo de la nave, bajo el coro, se conserva una sencilla pila bautismal de traza románica y copa semiesférica lisa sólo ornada con un bocel en la embocadura, que mide 92 cm de diámetro por 61 cm de altura, alzándose sobre un tenante cilíndrico con simple basa de 34 cm de alto."]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.916111, -3.666111
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 54′ 58″ N, 3° 39′ 58″ W
UTM: 30T 445632 4751714
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 92 cm*
Basin Total Height: 61 cm*
Height of Base: 34 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 95 cm [calculated]
Notes on Measurements: * Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- )
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-