Valdeavellano

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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken November 2004 by David de la Garma [www.arteguias.com]
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BBU01: design element - motifs - interlace

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2004
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view of font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken November 2004 by David de la Garma [www.arteguias.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

Font ID: 02632VAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María Magdalena
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, N side, near the stairs leading to the gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
Church Notes: interesting article on Valdeavellano church (not the font) in www.herreracasado.com/2014/02/28/la-bestia-apocaliptica-de-valdeavellano/ [accessed 11 July 2014]
Church Address: 19142 Valdeavellano, Guadalajara, Spain
Site Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the GU-922, N of the N320, near Lupiana, 30 km E of Guadalajara capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Sigüenza-Guadalajara
Font Notes:
Described in Ruiz Montejo (1992): simply executed Romanesque font; the basin surface is ribbed with a band of interlace on the upper part, which matches the similar motif found on the inner arch of the church's entrance; narrow cylindrical base splaying slightly out. Described in Garma Ramírez (2000) as a baptismal font contemporary with the Romanesque church; the upper basin side is decorated an interlace [="lacería de 'ochos' continuos"] similar to those on the archivaullt of the portal. Also in Nieto Taberné (2000), Layna Serrano (2001). Wooden cover, flat and plain. Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) with date in the 13th century. Herrera Casado (2014) dates the font to the 13th century, as well.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David de la Garma Ramírez, of www.arteguias.com, for the photographs of this font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 502700 4501694

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: rwo
Font Shape: chalice-shaped, hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 104 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009)]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain; hinged at 2/3

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: 873-874
  • Garma Ramírez, David de la, Rutas del románico en la provincia de Guadalajara, Valladolid: Castilla Ediciones, 2000, p. 31, 120
  • Herrera Casado, Antonio, Iconografía románica en Guadalajara, Guadalajara: Aache, 2014, p. 130-131
  • Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Guadalajara, León: Ediciones Lancia, 2000, p. 59
  • Ruiz Montejo, Inés, Herencia del románico en Guadalajara, Ciudad Real: Servicio de Publicaciones, Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, 1992, p. 365-366