Viana de Mondejar / Viana de Mondéjar
Results: 2 records
B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
BBU01: design element - motifs - circle
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
INFORMATION
FontID: 02633VIA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción [de la Zarza in Ruiz Montejo]]
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located off the C-2115, just NE of La Puerta.
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 15th century / 18th century, Medieval? / Modern?
Font Notes:
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Described in Ruiz Montejo (1992) as probably medieval. But Nieto Taberné (2000) suggests a date in the 18th century. Tthe Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) quotes both these authors but does not propose a dating of the font. Baptismal font; ribbed basin has incised circles between the tops of the ribs.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 40° 38′ 59.57″ N, 2° 33′ 43.4″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: Unknown
Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown
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
Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Guadalajara, León: Ediciones Lancia, 2000
Ruiz Montejo, Inés, Herencia del románico en Guadalajara, Ciudad Real: Servicio de Publicaciones, Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, 1992