Quintanilla Sociguenza / Quintanazarza / Quintanilla de Socigüenza / Quintanilla Socigüenza
Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail f 23 October 2020)
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design element - patterns - piping or ribbed - flat
design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
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view of font in context
design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
Scene Description: all around the stem of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 October 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail f 23 October 2020)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 22971QUI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, near the portal
Church Notes: church originally Romanesque (?) ; re-built 17thC
Church Address: calle de la Iglesia, Quintanilla-Socigüenza 09550, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the BU-561, in the municipality and about 1 km NW of Villarcayo, 75-80 km NNE of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de Merindades
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a cylindrical basin with a rounded underbowl, raised on a round pedestal base; the sides of the basin have a narrow pattern of flat piping or ribs, whereas the underbowl has conceve ribbinf all around; the short pedestal stem has the same patterns as the underbowl. The workmanship is crude, probably the work of a local stone mason. The wooden cover is plat and plain with a short flat handle.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]