Barriosuso / Barriosuso nr. Silos

Image copyright © Rubén Santamaría, 2008
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Results: 4 records
B01: design element - motifs - floral - 6-petal - in a circle
Scene Description: two on the front side -
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rubén Santamaría, 2008
Image Source: digital image from Asociación el Castro-Valdosa by Rubén Santamaría [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Ermita_de_Barriosuso3.jpg] [accessed 21 March 2010]
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B02: design element - motifs - floral or foliage
Scene Description: between the two floral motifs on the front side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rubén Santamaría, 2008
Image Source: digital image from Asociación el Castro-Valdosa by Rubén Santamaría [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Ermita_de_Barriosuso3.jpg] [accessed 21 March 2010]
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view of basin
INFORMATION
FontID: 16202BAR
Object Type: Stoup?
Church/Chapel: Ermita de Santa Cecilia
Church Patron Saints: St. Cecilia [aka Caecelia, Cecelia]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the CL-110, 7 km W of Silos, 15 km S of Covarrubias
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 2nd century (?) / 10th century (?) / 12th century {?) [basin only] [composite stoup?], Early Christian / Medieval [composite]
Font Notes:
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An obejct made up of two pieces and used as holy-water stoup in this rural chapel: a square basin said to be a Roman stone of the 2nd century, re-cycled in the 10th century as a holy-water stoup; it stands on a plain cylindrical column of unknown date [NB: this Ermita is said to date of the 10th century -- the object may have been removed to the Monasterio de Santo Domingo in Silos for safe-keeping]. [cf. Index entry for Santa Maria del Retortillo No. 2 for the baptismal font the Iglesaia Parroquial of Barriosuso]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square