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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25919QUI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 14th century (?), Medieval?
Church / Chapel Name: Ermita de San Juan de Ortega
Font Location in Church: In the covered porch
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Juan de Ortega (1080-1163)
Church Notes: the present rural chapel [ermita] is said to have been the original house of San Juan de Ortega's parents
Church Address: C. Alta, 38, 09140 Quintanaortuño, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the BU-V-6011, just W of the N-623, E of Hwy A-73, 11-12 km N of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de Alfoz de Burgos
Additional Comments: disused font (now serving as planter)
Font Notes:
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A baptismal font located in the covered porch(?) of this 'ermita' consists of a plain hemispherical basin now used as planter; the squat round base is moulded: a torus-scotia-torus. No cover present
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 443785 4699937
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.449722, -3.683611
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 26′ 59″ N, 3° 41′ 1″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round