San Martin de Galvarin / Donamartiri Galbarin / San Martin Galbarin / San Martín de Galvarín

INFORMATION

Font ID: 25977GAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century (?), Gothic?
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de la Aparición de San Miguel
Font Location in Church: Inside, in the NW corner, beneath the W galley
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: 09217 San Martín de Galvarín, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) of the BU-750, 2 km N of Baroja, in the Condado de Treviño, 100 km ENE of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Condado de Treviño / Comarca Valle del Ebro
Additional Comments: damaged font (large diagonal crack in the basin) ***IMAGES RECEIVED -- TO BE LOADED AND ENTERED IN IMAGE SUBFORM***
Font Notes:
Medieval(?) baptismal font of stone consisting of a basin that is more bucket-shaped than hemispherical, raised on a polygonal (octagonal?) pedestal base; all plain. Wooden cover, round, flat and plain; modern. There is also a wall-mounted hemispherical stoupdecorated with ribbing on the sides; it could be also of about the same period.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 525466 4725389
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.680556, -2.689167
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 40′ 50″ N, 2° 41′ 21″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: bo
Notes: round, flat and plain; modern