Arlanzon / Arlançon / Arlançón / Arlanzón / Aslanzon

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Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2023

Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 20 February 2023)

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph February 2023 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 20 February 2023)

design element - motifs - rope moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph February 2023 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 20 February 2023)

view of basin - interior

Scene Description: showing the centre drain
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph February 2023 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 20 February 2023)

view of church exterior - apse - corbel

Scene Description: Source caption: "La colección de canecillos de esta iglesia de Arlanzón es muy original y expresiva, además de conservarse muy bien. Entre los figurados podemos destacar una cabeza humana con barba separada en dos picos, que estira su boca por las comisuras labiales valiéndose de las manos"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph by David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS [www.arteguias.com/monumentos/arlanzon.htm] [accessed 16 February 2021]
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view of church exterior - apse - corbel

Scene Description: Source caption: "La colección de canecillos de esta iglesia de Arlanzón es muy original y expresiva, además de conservarse muy bien [...] También mencionamos un canecillo con una cabeza de rasgos negroides, perilla, además de cabello encrespado y algo rizado (como imitando llamas) y que se nos antoja como una representación de un musulmán o del mismísimo diablo."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph by David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS [www.arteguias.com/monumentos/arlanzon.htm] [accessed 16 February 2021]
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view of church exterior - apse - corbel

Scene Description: Source caption: "La colección de canecillos de esta iglesia de Arlanzón es muy original y expresiva, además de conservarse muy bien [...] un canecillo muy espectacular con la cabeza de lo que puede ser un león que engulle el cuerpo de un hombre del que sólo sobresale su mitad inferior."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph by David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS [www.arteguias.com/monumentos/arlanzon.htm] [accessed 16 February 2021]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - apse - corbel

Scene Description: Source caption: "La colección de canecillos de esta iglesia de Arlanzón es muy original y expresiva, además de conservarse muy bien [...] Una pareja de canecillos muestra una iconografía relacionada El de la izquierda es una cabeza animal que tiene entre sus fauces un ser humano, mientras que el de la derecha muestra otra bestia de cuya boca cuelgan dos serpientes."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph by David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS [www.arteguias.com/monumentos/arlanzon.htm] [accessed 16 February 2021]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - apse - east side

Scene Description: Source caption: "El tambor absidal es verdaderamente monumental, realizado en perfecta sillería regular y ajustada es de planta semicircular -al estilo clásico- y está seccionado en cinco paños por columnas adosadas a pilastras con su respectiva ventana, destacando todo por su altura y esbeltez."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph by David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS [www.arteguias.com/monumentos/arlanzon.htm] [accessed 16 February 2021]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - apse - south side

Scene Description: Source caption: "El tambor absidal es verdaderamente monumental, realizado en perfecta sillería regular y ajustada es de planta semicircular -al estilo clásico- y está seccionado en cinco paños por columnas adosadas a pilastras con su respectiva ventana, destacando todo por su altura y esbeltez."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph by David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS [www.arteguias.com/monumentos/arlanzon.htm] [accessed 16 February 2021]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - apse - window

Scene Description: Source caption: "Los citados ventanales tienen una arquivolta apoyada sobre parejas de columnas con capiteles vegetales y geométricos como piñas y volutas."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph by David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS [www.arteguias.com/monumentos/arlanzon.htm] [accessed 16 February 2021]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - apse - window

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © WikiBurgos, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph in Wikiburgos [www.wikiburgos.es/wiki/Archivo:Arlanzon.jpg] [accessed 16 February 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - north portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "La del costado norte sí es visible, siendo mucho más sencilla con arquivoltas de medio punto sobre jambas -sin columnas- y un guardapolvos con puntas de diamante, lo que delata su carácter tardío."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph by David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS [www.arteguias.com/monumentos/arlanzon.htm] [accessed 16 February 2021]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - northeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © WikiBurgos, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph in Wikiburgos [www.wikiburgos.es/wiki/Archivo:Arlanzon.jpg] [accessed 16 February 2021]
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view of church exterior - portal - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Detrás de una puerta que parece remontada en el muro norte aparece la auténtica portada de la iglesia, de apreciables dimensiones y categoría, muy similar a la de Pineda de la Sierra por sus gruesas columnas. Algunos de los capiteles son historiados."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph by David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS [www.arteguias.com/monumentos/arlanzon.htm] [accessed 16 February 2021]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - portal - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Detrás de una puerta que parece remontada en el muro norte aparece la auténtica portada de la iglesia, de apreciables dimensiones y categoría, muy similar a la de Pineda de la Sierra por sus gruesas columnas. Algunos de los capiteles son historiados."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph by David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS [www.arteguias.com/monumentos/arlanzon.htm] [accessed 16 February 2021]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - portal - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Detrás de una puerta que parece remontada en el muro norte aparece la auténtica portada de la iglesia, de apreciables dimensiones y categoría, muy similar a la de Pineda de la Sierra por sus gruesas columnas. Algunos de los capiteles son historiados."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph by David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS [www.arteguias.com/monumentos/arlanzon.htm] [accessed 16 February 2021]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - west view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © WikiBurgos, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph in Wikiburgos [www.wikiburgos.es/wiki/Archivo:Arlanzon.jpg] [accessed 16 February 2021]
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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph February 2023 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 20 February 2023)

view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph February 2023 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 20 February 2023)

view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph February 2023 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 20 February 2023)

view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph February 2023 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 20 February 2023)

view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Puerta forjada artesanal diseñada en nuestro taller para la pila bautismal de la Iglesia de Arlanzon"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Diseños Forja Especiales, 2021
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph in Diseños Forja Especiales [www.picuki.com/tag/diseñosforjaespeciales] [accessed 16 February 2021]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph February 2023 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 20 February 2023)

view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph February 2023 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 20 February 2023)

INFORMATION

FontID: 23169ARL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: Calle Ramón del Hoyo, 8, 09199 Arlanzón, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the BU-820, S of the N-120, 20 km E of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca del Alfoz de Burgos / Intendencia de Burgos / Castilla la Vieja
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a niche off the nave
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS and to Pedro Lozano Huerta for their photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: late-12thC(?) church
Font Notes:
The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 16 February 2021] notes: "hermosa iglesia, dedicada a San Miguel, en su mayoría románica [...] Su ábside es románico, con columnas en haz, tres ventanas cegadas con columnas y capiteles, ajedrezados y buenos canecillos en alero, del siglo XII. La portada es también románica con arquivoltas lisas, profundas, y guardapolvo con puntas de diamante. La pila bautismal es de copa lisa y poco pie, dando la sensación de que han levantado el suelo." The only ornamentation apparent on the font is the squat moulded base. No cover present but there is a metal staple on the upper rim, anchoring for an earlier cover. The font is probably from the period when major modifications were made to the fabric of the church in the 16th/17th centuries.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.322665, -3.456978
UTM: 30T 462917 4685034

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]