Zarzosa de Riopisuerga / Sarçosa / Sarzosa / Zarzosa de Ríopisuerga

Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

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design element - motifs - groove - parallel - 2

Scene Description: notice also the cracks made by the metal staple in the foreground

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Image Source: digital photograph 23 November 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: it is part of the basin block

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design element - motifs - scroll - 4

Scene Description: at the angles of the square lower base

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design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: all around

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design element - patterns - ribbed - concave

Scene Description: all around the basin interior

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view of base

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view of church exterior in context

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view of church exterior in context - south view

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view of church interior - baptistery

Scene Description: onbviously a place where all kinds of objects are stored

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font

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Image Source: digital photograph 23 November 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 23 November 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 24 November 2021)

view of font in context

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Image Source: digital photograph 23 November 2021 by Pedro Lozano Huerta

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23564ZAR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Inmaculada Concepción
Church Patron Saints: The Immaculate Conception of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the BU-V-6203 and BU-V-6113, 15 km WNW of Villadiego, by the provncial border with Palencia, 62 km WNW of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Alfoz de Herrera de Pisuerga / Merindad de Monzón
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, N aisle, W end
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: present 16thC building replaced an earlier Romanesque church
The entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [www.romanicodigital.com] describes and illustrates a limestone font here probably from the early-13th century, and likely originally from the nearby Ermita de San Miguel [="La pila bautismal, tallada en piedra caliza, con una altura total de 87 cm y con 99 cm de diámetro, está compuesta por un vaso troncocónico, dispuesto sobre una corta basa cuadrangular. Dicho vaso, que muestra un ensanchamiento en la parte inferior, presenta embocadura recorrida por bocel, con el interior avenerado y el exterior con someros pero anchos gallones. El pie es una basa cuadrangular, de apenas de 21 cm de altura, con volutas en las esquinas, disponiéndose el conjunto sobre la típica rosca circular de amplio diámetro. La cronología de esta pila es tardía y quizá pueda situarse ya en los comienzos del siglo XIII, como muchas otras piezas caracterizadas por esta misma decoración interior y exterior, aunque la que nos ocupa tiene la particularidad de mostrar un vaso troncocónico, mucho más enraizado en la tradición románica. Es muy probable que su ubicación original fuera la actual ermita de San Miguel". The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 24 November 2021] notes: "Su iglesia, dedicada a la Inmaculada Concepción de María, es renacentista [...] La portada es románica apuntada [...] La pila es románica con decoración".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Diameter (includes rim): 99 cm*
Basin Total Height: 66 cm [calculated]
Height of Base: 21 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 87 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Enciclopedia del románico [www.romanicodigital.com]