Modubar de la Cuesta / Modúbar de la Cuesta
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 26011MOD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century (?), Late Medieval [composite font?]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Cristóbal Mártir
Font Location in Church: Inside, in an alcove at the W end of the nave, beneath the gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Christopher
Church Address: C. la Iglesia, 1, 09194 Modúbar de la Cuesta, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the BU-P-8012 and BU-P-8013 crossroads, in the municipality of Carcedo de Burgos, 14-15 km SSE of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Additional Comments: ***IMAGES RECEIVED -- TO BE LOADED AND ENTERED IN IMAGE SUBFORM***
Font Notes:
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The baptismal font of this church, located in an alcove at the west end of the nave, beneath de gallery, consists of a roughly-hemispherical basin raised on a cylindrical pedestal base decorated with a roll moulding at the bottom and a short square plinth. By all apearances it looks like a late-medieval font; the basin is damaged and shows evidence of repair; one of the sides of the upper rim shows a gap and missing stone as well as the presence of a metal plug, probably related to an anchoring for a former font cover. The are two odd things next to the font: 1)a very small font-like object stands to the left of it; it is tiny, about half as tall as the pedestal base of the font, has two volumes defined by a groove around the middle, and its inner basing shows a drain hle, just like a regular font would; 2)now built into the ground just in front of the font is a circular stone exactly the width of the lower base of the font, and appears to have a centre hole now blocked. An additional curiosity in this church is the stone lectern; it appears to have been carved from a monolithic stone, perhaps a column, and has the top volume decorated with a row of ball motif between two mouldings; likely medieval, although the present church is said to be Baroque.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 448239 4679223
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.263494, -3.627592
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 15′ 48.58″ N, 3° 37′ 39.33″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining