Masa
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25969MAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 14th century (?), Medieval?
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción / La Asunción de Nuestra Señora
Font Location in Church: Inside, in an enclosed alcove off the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: 12thC church; modified 14th, 15th and later centuries;
Church Address: C. Bo. Lastra, 74, 09142 Masa, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the CL-633, E of the N-623, in the municipality of Merindad de Río Ubierna, 35-40 km N of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de Alfoz de Burgos
Additional Comments: ***IMAGES RECEIVED -- TO BE LOADED AND ENTERED IN IMAGE SUBFORM***
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church by Pedro Lozano Huerta in Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/groups/romanicodelnorte/posts/10162390150824801/] [accessed 23 November 2025] describes and illustrates its baptismal fontas monolithic and medieval, with a round plain basin and round-to-square pedestal base, hard to date, possibly contemporary with the fabric of the earlier church here: "La pila tiene base cuadrada y pie cilíndrico y es de copa lisa, sin adornos, sencilla. monolítica, medieval, pero difícil de datar, probablemente de la primera edificación de la Iglesia." The square lower base appears to have been buried in the present flooring.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 441188 4719638
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.626944, -3.717222
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 37′ 37″ N, 3° 43′ 2″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: round, flat and plain; modern