Duraton / Duratón

Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2007
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Results: 7 records
R01: design element - motifs - moulding
view of church exterior - south porch
view of church exterior - south porch - detail
view of church exterior - south porch - detail
view of church exterior - south portal
view of font
INFORMATION
FontID: 09392DUR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de la Asunción de María
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Segovia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off (S) of the SG233, 5-6 km ESE of Sepúlveda (access also from the N1-E5)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century,
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David de la Garma, of www.arteguias.com, for his photographs of church and font. We are also grateful to Eugenio Chicharro Gutiérrez, of www.sebulcor.com, for his photograph of this font.
Church Notes: cf. http://www.arteguias.com/iglesia/duraton.htm for an illustrated description of this church
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font probably of a late date, perhaps 16th or 17th century; the basin is hemispherical with a roll moulding and a wide-lip rim in which are still the two staples of the cover; one of the upper sides is badly damaged, with a good chunk missing; a narrow and very short stem links it to a square lower base and plinth of the same shape, all plain. [NB: the church itself dates to the Romanesque period, but we have no information on the original font of that period]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: staples of the old cover still in the upper rim of the basin