Siguenza No. 1 / Segontia / Sigüenza

INFORMATION

FontID: 02654SIG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Museum and Inventory Number: Museo Diocesano de Arte Antiguo (Sigüenza)
Church/Chapel: [original church unknown]
Church Location: [NB: address abd coordinates are for the museum] Plaza Obispo Don Bernardo, S-N Antigua Casa De Los Barrenas, 19250 Sigüenza, Guadalajara, Spain -- Tel.: +34 949 39 10 23
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located off the CM-110, about 70 km NE of Guadalajara capital, 100 from Madrid. The museum is located is located in the town centre, just SW of the cathedral
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Sigüenza
Historical Region: Serranía de Guadalajara
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Medieval
Font Notes:
One of three fonts in the courtyard of the Museum. Chalice-shaped. The basin shows ribbed sides looking like blind arcade and shows one metal loop for the cover; base is a short round striated column; the lower base/plinth is square (description based on ill. in Herrera Casado, 1992)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.068028, -2.641611
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 4′ 4.9″ N, 2° 38′ 29.8″ W
UTM: 30T 530110 4546371

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Herrera Casado, Antonio, Catedral y el Museo Diocesano de Sigüenza, [Zaragoza?]: IberCaja, 1992