Villaseca de Henares

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02624VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Blas Obispo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, beneath the gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Blaise
Church Address: 19294 Villaseca de Henares, Guadalajara, Spain
Site Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-2, 60 km from Guadalajara capital
Font Notes:
Noted in Ruiz Montejo (1992) as a Romanesque baptismal font kept in this church. Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) as a font of the 13th century. The Enciclopedia… (ibid.) notes similarities with the fonts at Anguita, Henche, Las Inviernas and Loranca de Tajuña, as well as the font at Aragosa.

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.960537, -2.797968
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 57′ 37.93″ N, 2° 47′ 52.69″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 104 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 97 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009)]

REFERENCES

  • Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2009, vol. 2: 515, 908
  • Ruiz Montejo, Inés, Herencia del románico en Guadalajara, Ciudad Real: Servicio de Publicaciones, Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, 1992, p. 245