Quintanaloma / Loma
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Scene Description: the village square where the medieval font has been installed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © WikiBurgos, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph 7 June 2010 in WikiBurgos [www.wikiburgos.es/wiki/Quintanaloma] [accessed 18 Juky 2020]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 22804QUI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Antigua Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés de Loma [now a museum]
Font Location in Church: in the village square, serving as public fountain
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Notes: the former parish church was abandoned; later converted in a local museum -- the portal of this church is listed in the Enciclopedia del Románico en Castilla y León. Burgos, vol. I: 417 [www.romanicodigital.com/cedar/portada-9037.aspx] [accessed 18 July 2020]
Church Address: c/ Iglesia, 09142 Quintanaloma, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the BU-V-5031, W of Moradillo de Sedano and NW of Cernegula, in the municipality of Valle de Sedano, N of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de Páramos / Intendencia de Burgos
Additional Comments: disused font / re-cycled font (originally from the former parish church, now serving as public fountain the village square)
Font Notes:
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The large tub-shaped basin, originally from the former parish church of the barrio of Loma is now [July 2020] installed as a public fountain in the Quintanaloma village square; the only decoration is a double groove incised all around below the upper rim, and another double groove of the upper surface of the rim.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this font and the context
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.695833, -3.673611
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42º 41' 44,40'' N, 3º 40' 27,44'' W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining