Casar / El Casar

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Results: 9 records
B01: design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal
B02: design element - motifs - plant
BBL01: design element - motifs - tendril
BS01: design element - motifs - dots
BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed
BU02: design element - motifs - floral - star-flower - 8-petals
LB01: design element - motifs - plant
R01: design element - motifs - tendril
INFORMATION
FontID: 09178CAS
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señra de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located on the N-320, about 25 km NW of Guadalajara capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, behind the choir stairs
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in Herrera Casado (2003: 78): baptismal font of the Renaissance period consisting of a hemispherical basin mounted on a quadrangular base; the basin is delicately decorated with low-relief all over; at the rim it has a tendril runing all around; the sides of the basin are decorated with a pattern of slanted ribbed pattern, with a tall plant inside each rib; a dot appears in each of the the spandrels of the ribbed pattern; a narrow band filled with a tendril identical to the one at the rim marks the separation between basin and underbowl, the latter being covered in a ribbed pattern -these are straight vertical ribs- with an eight-petal star flower in each rib; the base has decorative mouldings at top and bottom and a plant on one of the sides.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round