Santa Gadea del Alfoz

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

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design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: broad and irregular ribs all aound

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design element - patterns - ribbed - concave

Scene Description: all around the basin interior sides

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symbol - shell

Scene Description: a row of

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view of base

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view of basin - interior

Scene Description: showing the centre drain hole

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view of church exterior - east view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio Vera Pérez, 2015

Image Source: digital photograph 13 June 2015 by Antonio Vera Pérez [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Alfoz_de_Santa_Gadea.jpg] [accessed 28 November 2022]

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font in context

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view of font in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 14855GAD
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés, Apóstol
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: Barrio Santa Gadea Abajo, 8, 09571 Santa Gadea de Alfoz, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the BU-V-6423, in the muncipality of Alfoz de Santa Gadea, 87 km NNW of Burgos capital, in the northernmost tip of the province, near the border with Cantabria
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: W are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church abd font
Church Notes: late-Romanesque church; much modified since
Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ); baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with broad ribs on the outside and concave ribs on the inside, raised on a modern squat base decorated with pilgrim shells and rope moulding. The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed November 2022] notes: "La pila es románica con gallones imperfectos, avenerada por dentro y base circular con conchas".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 98 cm*
Basin Total Height: 70 cm*
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-