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design element - motifs - roll moulding
view of basin - upper view
view of basin - upper view
view of font in context
view of font in context
INFORMATION
FontID: 18166ABA
Church/Chapel: Iglesia parroquial de Santa Maria la Mayor
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Calle la Iglesia, 09141 Abajas, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
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
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this church and font, and his help in documenting this font
Church Notes: early 12thC Romanesque church reported in the web site of the Burgos provincial govt. [www.abajas.es/turismo-y-ocio/monumentos/iglesia-de-la-santa-cruz] [accessed 17 May 2013] -- is it an error?
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 28 January 2021] notes: "La pila es románica, de vaso cuadrado con molduras." Baptismal font consisting of a plain quadrangular basin with rounded tapering sides, raised on a circular pedestal base with roll mouldings at both ends, and a plain small square plinth. One side of the basin has a metal staple at the upper rim, and the oopposite side shows evidence of having been repaired, probably of damage from the other staple there. [NB: we have received uncorroborated information that this font is not originally from this church, but was brought in from elsewhere -- no exact location or documentation available].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
42.623333,
-3.58
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
42° 37′ 24″ N,
3° 34′ 48″ W
UTM: 30T 4719151 452437
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: quadrangular (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: quadrangular
Basin Exterior Shape: quadrangular
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]