Masa
Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue
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view of font and cover
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
view of font and cover
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
view of font in context
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
view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: "Die Kirche Nuestra Señora de la Asunción befindet sich in der Ortschaft Masa, in der Provinz Burgos, Kastilien und León, Spanien / The Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción is located in the village of Masa, in the province of Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain / La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción está situada en la localidad de Masa, en la provincia de Burgos, Castilla y León, España."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thomas Holbach, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 11 January 2025 by Thomas Holbach
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-40
view of font and cover in context
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
view of 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: 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
Town/City Wikipedia: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masa_(Burgos)
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 font as 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.
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 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