Burgos No. 11 / Santa Gadea
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 February 2003 by David de la Garma Ramírez [www.arteguias.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 17024GAD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Santa Gadea [aka Iglesia de Santa Águeda, and Santa Gadea de la Jura]
Church Patron Saints: St. Agatha [aka Agata, Agatha of Sicily, Agueda]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located in the city of Burgos, near the Calle de Embajadores [aka Callejón de las Brujas]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery chapel
Century and Period: 11th - 14th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David de la Garma Ramírez, of www.arteguias.com, for his photograph of this font
Font Notes:
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Tub-shaped baptismal font with plain sides and a minimal round base. It could be Romanesque, though the fabric of the building appears to be Gothic (14thC+). [NB: this is the church where the Cid is said to have made his king swear his innocence in mid 11th century].
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining