Barcina del Barco
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Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 April 2022)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 14859BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early?), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Martín Obispo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in an alcove off the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: Cam. Cementerio, 9, 09212 Barcina del Barco, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the BU-530, 5 km E of Quintana Martín Galíndez, across the river from Garoña, in the municipality of Valle de Tobalina, 85-90 km NE of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de Las Merindades / Distrito de Villarcayo / Castilla la Vieja
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ) [www.romanicodigital.com] as a bucket-shaped basin [it has no support] decorated with external ribs and probably dated to the early-13th century [="la pila bautismal custodiada en su interior, único testimonio románico conservado en el templo. Mide 99,5 cm de diámetro por 62 cm de altura y se decora toda ella con gallones, como buena parte de los ejem-
plares conservados en la provincia. Parece obra de comienzos del siglo XIII"]. The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 13 April 2022] notes: "La iglesia, un tanto apartada del pueblo, está dedicada a San Martín, obispo. Es renacentista [...] La pila es románica con gajos exteriores, sencilla".
plares conservados en la provincia. Parece obra de comienzos del siglo XIII"]. The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 13 April 2022] notes: "La iglesia, un tanto apartada del pueblo, está dedicada a San Martín, obispo. Es renacentista [...] La pila es románica con gajos exteriores, sencilla".
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.77906, -3.22025
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 46' 44.6" N, 3° 13' 13.1" W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 99.5 cm*
Basin Total Height: 62 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 62 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-, vol. 13: 2192