Belena de Sorbe No. 2 / Beleña de Sorbe

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04940BEL
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: Calle la Villa, 6, Beleña de Sorbe, 19237 Cogolludo, Guadalajara, Spain
Site Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the GU-185, 11 km W of Cogolludo, 43 km N of Guadalajara capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Sigüenza-Guadalajara [formerly in the Diócesis de Toledo]
Historical Region: Comarca de la Serranía
Font Notes:
Described in Nieto Taberné (2000) as a [Romanesque] holy-water stoup. [NB: cf. Index entry for Beleña... No. 1 for a baptismal font of the same period in this church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 484085 4530523
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.925666, -3.189029
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 55′ 32.4″ N, 3° 11′ 20.5″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Guadalajara, León: Ediciones Lancia, 2000, p. 45