Santa Maria de Muno / Santa María de Muñó
Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2022
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 31 October 2022)
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: showing the centre drain and the old metal staples from cover anchorings
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph October 2022 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 31 October 2022)
design element - motifs - roll moulding
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Piedad: former parish church of the abandoned hamlet of Santa María de Muñó
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph October 2022 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 31 October 2022)
view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Scene Description: the church and the mound where the old castle stood are the only remains of the abandoned hamlet of Santa María de Muñó
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rowanwindwhistler, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 12 September 2013 by Rowanwindwhistler [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VillaviejaDeMuñó20130912121612P1170844.jpg] [accessed 1 November 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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design element - motifs - leaf? - 4
Scene Description: an elegant motif looking somewhat like a stylised leaf, with a crown-shaped top
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph October 2022 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 31 October 2022)
design element - motifs - roll moulding
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24420MUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Piedad / Ermita de Santa María de Muñó
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Ermita de Muñó, 09239 Estépar, Burgos, Spain [disappeared hamlet between -- cf. Directions (Geo) to site] [coordinates are for Villavieja de M., about 1 km away]
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: The site of the disappeared hamlet of Santa María de Muñó [of which only the rural chapel [ermita] and the mound of the disappeared castle survive], is located 1 km WSW of Villavieja de M. and NNW of Arroyo de M.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Alfoz de Burgos
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of an irregular round basin decorated with a roll moulding at the rim, the sides with a running zog-zag moulding that divides the sides into a triangular appttern, and large ribs on the underbowl; raised on a round-to-square lower base decorated at the corners with a motif looking somewhat like a stylised leaf, with a crown-shaped top [NB: is this a composite font with unmatched basin and base?] There is no cover present on the font but the metal staples from old anchorings are present. [NB: the ermita and the disappeared castle are noted in the entry for Villavieja de Muñó in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_VILLAVIEJA_DE_MUÑÓ.pdf] [accessed 1 November 2022]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 426352 4678993
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.259664, -3.892913
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 15′ 34.79″ N, 3° 53′ 34.49″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining