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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INFORMATION
Font ID: 08534ALO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1665
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid)
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Miguel Arcángel de Alovera
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: C. Valmores, 2, 19208 Alovera, Guadalajara, Spain
Site Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the N-320 link to the N-11/E-90, about 10 km WSW of Guadalajara capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Sigüenza - Guadalajara
Font Notes:
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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].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Cosme Alvarez [www.nuevoportal.com] of Badajoz, Spain for the images of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 478980 4493898
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.595619, -3.248428
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 35′ 44.23″ N, 3° 14′ 54.34″ W
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