Bocos / Bocos de la Roca / Bocos de la Roça
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Scene Description: the font in its baptistery chapel at the west end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author vis Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 26 December 2025)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26025FKD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 15th century (?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Apóstol
Font Location in Church: Inside, at the W end chapel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: original church mid-12thC
Church Address: C. Real, 2, 09553 Bocos, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the CL-629, 4-5 km N of Villarcayo, about 80 km N of Burgos capital
Historical Region: Comarca de Las Merindades
Town/City Wikipedia: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bocos
Font Notes:
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The Romanesque church, but not the font, is listed in Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_BOCOS.pdf] [accessed 26 December 2025]. Baptismal font consisting of a roughly-hemispherical basin decorated with convex ribbing on the outside and concave ribbing on the inside, raised on a squat round base totally plain. No cover present but there are two metal anchorings from an old cover.
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 455501 4757472
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.968598, -3.545663
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 58′ 6.95″ N, 3° 32′ 44.39″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre drain hole
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]