Barcina del Barco

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design element - patterns - ribbed

Image Source: digital photograph April 2022 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of basin - interior

Scene Description: showing the centre drain

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

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view of church interior - looking east

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view of church interior - retable

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view of church interior - retable - detail

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view of church interior - retable - detail

Scene Description: a portable side retable?

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font and stoup

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view of font and stoup in context

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view of font in context

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view of stoup

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view of stoup - upper view

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INFORMATION

FontID: 14859BAR

Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Martín Obispo

Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours

Church Location: Cam. Cementerio, 9, 09212 Barcina del Barco, Burgos, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Burgos, Castilla y León

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 Location in Church: Inside the church, in an alcove off the nave

Century and Period: 13th century (early?), Romanesque

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

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".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.77906, -3.22025

Church 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 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-