Siguenza No. 3 / Segontia /Sigüenza

INFORMATION

FontID: 02656SIG

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Museum and Inventory Number: Museo Diocesano de Arte Antiguo (Sigüenza)

Church Location: 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

Century and Period: 15th century, Late Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

Chalice-shaped baptismal font; one of three in the courtyard of the Museum; the basin shows large trapezoidal ornamentation on its sides; plain round base and square lower base/plinth (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