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Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue
Results: 11 records
view of font - upper view
view of font and cover
view of font and cover
view of basin - upper view
view of church exterior - southeast view
view of church interior - west end
view of font in context
design element - motifs - ball-and-claw - 4
view of base - detail
view of base - detail
INFORMATION
Font ID: 23207ARR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 16th century (?), Medieval? / Late Medieval?
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista
Font Location in Church: Inside, beneath the W gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: the church itself is said to be 16thC
Church Address: Poblado Arreba, 7A, 09572 Arreba, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the BU-V-5741, W of the BU-526, in the municipality of Valle de Manzanedo, 8 km W of Manzanedo, N of Soncillo, 77 km N of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca Las Merindades / Partido de Sedano / Castilla la Vieja
Town/City Wikipedia: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arreba
Font Notes:
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The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 8 March 2021] notes: "Su iglesia, dedicada a San Juan Bautista, es renacentista [...] La pila es románica, de vaso cónico liso con molduras en borde". Noted and illustrated as Romanesque in the Facebook entry for this church by Pedro Lozano Huerta [https://www.facebook.com/groups/romanicodelnorte/posts/10161046135499801/] [accessed 9 December 2025]: "Pila Bautismal. La pila es románica, bajo coro, sencilla, de vaso cónico liso con molduras en borde." The squat base consists of a round double moulding with a square volume below, at each corner a ball-and-claw motif. The Wooden cover is round, flat and plain; hinged at the middle for access.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font, and to him and Mikel Unanue for their help documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 437373 4763384
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]