Alovera No. 2

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BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed - concave

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R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

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INFORMATION

FontID: 08535ALO

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, by the door

Date: 1665

Century and Period: 17th century(mid),

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Holy-water stoup of the mid-17th century, the same period as the font in this church, but in a different style; the shallow hemispherical basin is decorated with a concave ribbed pattern all around the underbowl, and with a roll moulding at the upper rim; the base is a slender square pedestal with slightly larger volumes at top and bottom providing a stylised version of the capital-stem-base shape. The material of which the font and stoup is made is described locally as "toba calcárea". [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: two

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round