Villarejo de Medina

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02642VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Santa María Magdalena
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, beneath the gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
Church Address: C. Travesaña, 1D, 19445 Villarejo de Medina, Guadalajara, Spain
Site Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: About 10 kms E of Luzaga, to the SE of Sigüenza, 100 km from Guadalajara capital
Font Notes:
Noted in Ruiz Montejo (1992) as a medieval baptismal font of dubious Romanesque pedigree; the basin is ornamented with a moulding at the upper rim, a band of intersecting three-strand arch-heads, and a row of round arch-heads fitted atop the ribbed pattern that continues down the underbowl; stands directly on the ground without a base. Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) as baptismal font of the 13th century. The Enciclopedia… (ibid) notes the similarity of the decoration with the font at Peñalver, although the latter has beaded-tape motif on the arch-heads, whereas Villarejo's has three-strand arch-heads.

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.9522, -2.33694
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 57′ 7.92″ N, 2° 20′ 12.98″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 100 cm*
Basin Total Height: 60 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: 624-625, 901-902
  • Ruiz Montejo, Inés, Herencia del románico en Guadalajara, Ciudad Real: Servicio de Publicaciones, Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, 1992, p. 402