Puerta / La Puerta

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

BBU01: design element - architectural - arch-head - round

Scene Description: framing the tops of the ribs

INFORMATION

FontID: 02631PUE
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: The hamlet of La Puerta is in the N-E of Guadalajara city, off the C-204, N of the N-320.
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 15th century, Medieval
Noted in Ruiz Montejo (1992) as a baptismal font probably of medieval manufacture; its basin is ornamented with ribs topped by round arches. Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009), after Ruiz Montejo.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 2° 35′ 20.55″ W, 2° 35′ 20.55″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

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