Teza de Losa No. 1 / Deça

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view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 4 March 2021)

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 4 March 2021)

view of basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 4 March 2021)

view of basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of church interior - chapel

Scene Description: side chapel now housing the old font

Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 4 March 2021)

INFORMATION

Font ID: 23200TEZ

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 14th century, Medieval

Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Nicolás de Bari

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a side chapel

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Bari

Church Address: Calle Real, 09511 Teza de Losa, Burgos, Spain

Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe

Directions to Site: Located off the BU-550 and BU-552 crossroads, 25-30 km NE of Trespaderne, 30 km E of Medina de Pomar, in the municipality of Valle de Losa, about 120 km NE of Burgos capital

Historical Region: Comarca Las Merindades / Villalba de Losa / Castilla la Vieja

Font Notes: Click to view

The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 5 March 2021] notes: "San Nicolás de Bari es el titular de su iglesia, de una nave con restos románicos y bóvedas de medio cañón. [...] El ábside es rectangular, liso. La portada es románica", but mentions no font in it." Baptismal font of stone consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a conical pedestal base; the font is totally plain and is of very crude workmanship; much damaged. No cover present. We have not been able to locate any information on this object; it may be the old font of this church, or the font from the nearby 'ermita' [now, 2020, a private dwelling] or even a font brought from an abandoned church in the area. [cf. BSI entry forTeza de Losa No. 2 for the font in use in this church]

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 482436 4757633

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.971389, -3.201111

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 58' 17.0" N, 3° 12' 4.0" W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining