Abajas No. 1 / Abajas de Bureba / Abajas de Sedano / Abalgas / Ablias
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 June 2012 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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view of basin - interior
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view of basin - upper view
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view of font in context
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view of church exterior - south portal
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view of church exterior - apse - detail
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 June 2012 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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view of church exterior - west view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 June 2012 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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view of church interior - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 May 2013 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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view of church interior - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 May 2013 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 18165ABA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia parroquial de Santa Maria la Mayor
Font Location in Church: Outside, in a corner of the porch
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Previous Font Location(s): originally from the abandoned church at Bárcena de Bureba [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: details of the interior and exterior at http://romanicoburebano.blogspot.ca/2011/04/iglesia-de-santa-maria-de-abajas-de.html [accesed 2 September 2012]
Church Address: Calle la Iglesia, 09141 Abajas, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the Carretera Villarcayo, E of the CL-629, 36 km NNE of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: La Bureba
Additional Comments: disused font / damaged font
Font Notes:
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Plain tub-shaped font located now [30 June 2012] in the porch of the Romanesque church; damaged on the sides and upper rim, the latter showing the staples of an old font cover. This font is not mentioned in the entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 28 January 2021] [cf. Index entry for Abajas No. 2]
A communication from Pedro Lozano Huerta identified this font as being originally from the abandoned church at Bárcena de Bureba [cf. BSI enrtry]
A communication from Pedro Lozano Huerta identified this font as being originally from the abandoned church at Bárcena de Bureba [cf. BSI enrtry]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 4719151 452437
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.623333, -3.58
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 37′ 24″ N, 3° 34′ 48″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]