Sarracin / Sarracín

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Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025

Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue

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view of font

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Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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view of basin - upper view

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Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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view of church exterior - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rowanwindwhistler, 2014
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 17 May 2014 by Rowanwindwhistler
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view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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view of church interior - looking southeast

Scene Description: showing the font in its alcove on the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue

design element - patterns

Scene Description: painted on the stem of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue

INFORMATION

Font ID: 25950SAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 16th century, Late Medieval?
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Apóstol
Font Location in Church: Inside, in a S side alcove
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: present church 16th-17thC replaced and earlier building on the same site
Church Address: Calle de la Iglesia, 7, 09620 Sarracín, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N-234, E of Hwy A-1, 11 km S of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca del Alfoz de Burgos
Additional Comments: painted font
Font Notes:
Baptismal font of stone consisting of a roughly-hemispherical basin raised on a cylindrical pedestal base; very sparse decoration: a rope moulding at the upper rim, a roll moulding on the bottom of the underbowl and a painted pattern around the base.
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 442255 4677771
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.25, -3.7
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 15′ 0″ N, 3° 42′ 0″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining