San Martin de Losa / San Martín de Losa

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 26013LOS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 16th century (?), Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Paroquial de San Martín Obispo [San Vicente?]
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin [St. Vincent?]
Church Notes: the Conferencia Episcopal gives the dedication as San Vicente; other sources give San Martin Obispo
Church Address: Barrio la Iglesia, 2, 09511 San Martín de Losa, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgenlandkreis, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the BU-552, in the municipality of Valle de Losa, 25-30 km NE of Traspaderne, just N of the border with the Pais Vasco, 124 km from Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca de las Merindades
Font Notes:
Baptismal font consisting of a roughly-hemispherical basin decorate with broad convex ribs all around; on a very short base (possibly party buried in the ground?); one side shows loss of stone and a drilled hole for an anchoring of the cover hardware. The whole appears to be irregular, a work of very crude workmanship. The present font cover is round, flat and plain; modern.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 484507 4756227
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.958531, -3.189957
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 57′ 30.71″ N, 3° 11′ 23.84″ 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