Orbaneja del Castillo

Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image and permission received from the author vias Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 April 2021)
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design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: notice the notch in the upper rim, damage problably resulting from a former metal anchoring
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author vias Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 April 2021)
view of church exterior - detail
view of church exterior - detail
view of church exterior - south view
view of church exterior in context
view of font and cover
INFORMATION
FontID: 23281ORB
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Calle de la Iglesia, 17, 09145 Orbaneja del Castillo, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the BU-643, on the W bank of the Ebro river, E of Villaescusa de Ebro, in the municipality of Valle de Sedano, near the border with Cantabria, 65-70 km N of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos [formerly n the Diócesis de Santander]
Historical Region: Comarca de Páramos
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font.
Church Notes: medieval church; much modified since
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 14 April March 2021] notes: "Su iglesia, dedicada a Santa María, es gótica [...] La portada es barroca [...] La pila es románica con gallones, pie cilíndrico y base circular". Baptismal font of stone consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with ribbed patterns all around, raised on a round pedestal base and a circular lower base or plinth. Wooden cover present, round, flat and plain; modern.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
42.83494,
-3.79373
UTM: 30T 435141 4742767
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: 2/3
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]