Villaseca de Henares
Results: 3 records
B01: design element - patterns - ribbed - in round arches
BBU01: design element - architectural - arch-head - round
Scene Description: atop the upper end of the ribs
LB01: design element - patterns - fluted or ribbed
INFORMATION
FontID: 02624VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Blas Obispo
Church Patron Saints: St. Blaise
Church Location: 19294 Villaseca de Henares, Guadalajara, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located off the A-2, 60 km from Guadalajara capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, beneath the gallery
Century and Period: 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 40.960537, -2.797968
Church 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
Ruiz Montejo, Inés, Herencia del románico en Guadalajara, Ciudad Real: Servicio de Publicaciones, Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, 1992