Alovera No. 1

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Results: 7 records

LB01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: at top and bottom

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LB02: design element - motifs - scallop

Scene Description: just inside the roll mouldings that frame the diagonal rib pattern

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LB03: design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal

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R01: design element - motifs - moulding

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Scene Description: portable baptismal basin made of local porcelain

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view of font in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 08534ALO
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Miguel Arcángel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located on the N-320 link to the N-11/E-90, about 10 km WSW of Guadalajara capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1665
Century and Period: 17th century(mid),
Baptismal font of the mid-17th century; roughly cylindrical basin with rounded underbowl and upper rim "lip" on which are visible the two iron staples of the cover hardware; the base is a broad cylindrical pedestal ornamented with diagonal ribbed pattern between two horizontal roll mouldings, one at each end of the stem; the lower base has a roll moulding on a short square volume [some of the latter appears sunk in the present flooring]. The material of which the font and stoup is made is described locally as "toba calcárea". A portable ceramic baptismal basin with cover stands on the font at present [July 2003]. [We are grateful to Cosme Alvarez [www.nuevoportal.com] of Badajoz, Spain for the images of this font]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Notes: Although no lid is present now, there are two old iron staples on the upper rim of the basin