Minon de Medina / Mingon / Miñón de Medina
Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2020)
Results: 15 records
symbol - cross - Greek - fleurdelysée / Alcántara? / Calatrava?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2020)
view of basin - south side - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2020)
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Habibicb, 2018
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 8 August 2018 by Habibicb [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/20180808_131229_Miñón.jpg] [accessed 11 December 2020]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior in context - east view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Habibicb, 2018
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 8 August 2018 by Habibicb [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20180808_131309_Miñón.jpg] [accessed 11 December 2020]
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view of church interior - baptistery
Scene Description: in a north-side chapel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2020)
view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: the font is partially visible here, in the bottom-left corner
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2020)
view of font - east side
Scene Description: notice the damage to the upper rim caused by a metal staple splitting the stone -- the metal bar atop is the present locking hardware for the font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2020)
view of font - south side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2020)
view of font - south side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2020)
view of font - south side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2020)
view of font - southeast side
Scene Description: notice the damage to the upper rim caused by a metal staple splitting the stone -- the metal bar atop is the present locking hardware for the font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2020)
view of font - southwest side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2020)
view of font in context
Scene Description: the font is partially visible here in the bottom left; to the right of the chancel arch capital that shows a serpent among foliage is a 14thC(?) statue of the Madonna and Child
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2020)
view of font in context
Scene Description: in a north-side chapel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2020)
view of font in context - south side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 December 2020)
INFORMATION
FontID: 23037MIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Eulalia
Church Patron Saints: St. Eulalia of Mérida
Church Location: Calle de la Iglesia s/n, Poblado Miñón, 24, 09513 Medina de Pomar, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Miñón de Medina is located off (W) the N-629, about 3 km WNW of Medina de Pomar and in its municipality, 70-80 km NNE of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a chapel off the N side
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century [composite font?], Medieval [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: medieval [late-12thC?] church modified 16th and 18thC
Font Notes:
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The Enciclopedia del romanico has an entry for this Miñón [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_MIÑÓN.pdf] [accessed 23 March 2023] notes the parish church itself as 12th-century: "obra del más popular estilo románico de un no muy avanzado siglo XII, resultando complicado afinar una cronología más precisa", but mentions no font in it. The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 23 March 2023] notes: "iglesia, de corte románico [...] Su ábside es románico [...] La portada es románica de transición [...] La pila es románica sin adornos y pie cuadrado." The baptismal font in this church consists of a basin between bucket and hemispherical shape, raised on a short quadrangular base; the font has been painted and has a large Greek fleurdelysée / Alcántara? / Calatrava? cross on the side now facing south as the only decoration; the basin, which retains the metal locking cross-bar from an earlier cover, has damage to the upper rim on the east side, the type of damage usually caused by the metal staples splitting the stone. No cover present. [NB: the font could be a composite as the base and basin do not really jibe together].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.947097
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 56′ 49.55″ N
UTM: 30T 459111 4755065
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]