Aragosa

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

BBU01: design element - architectural - arch-head - round - rope moulding

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

R01: design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: it really is the result of the groove just below the rim

INFORMATION

FontID: 09779ARA
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Paz
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the CM-1101, 19 km from Sigüenza, 55-60 km NE of Guadalajara capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Century and Period: 13th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Noted in Garma Ramírez (2000). Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009), as a basin of a font of the 13th century decorated with a ribbed pattern all around the sides and underbowl, the top of the ribs with an arch-head of rope motif; the upper surface of the rim has a groove all around. This source points out that the stem and base may have been lost during the renovation of the church, and suggests the font at nearby Villaseca de Henares, as sharing some of its characteristics.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 109 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009)]

REFERENCES

Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2009
Garma Ramírez, David de la, Rutas del románico en la provincia de Guadalajara, Valladolid: Castilla Ediciones, 2000