Albalate de Zorita No. 2

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Results: 18 records

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B01: angel - cherub - 6

Scene Description: six of them arround the basin side

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B02: angel - cherub - winged skull

Scene Description: Skull with wings.

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B03: design element - motifs - garland

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BU01: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: beautiful glass-like leaves all around

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LB01: design element - motifs - garland

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LB02: design element - motifs - foliage

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LB03: design element - motifs - drapery

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LB04: design element - motifs - torus-scotia-torus

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view of font - upper view

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view of font - detail - winged-skull

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view of font

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view of font

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view of basin - detail

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view of basin - detail

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view of basin - interior

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view of church exterior - south door

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view of font in context

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view of church interior - choir and west end

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10273ALB

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Date Visited: 2005-06-18

Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Plateresque / Plateresco

Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew

Church Notes: a 13th-century Romanesque piece known as "La Cruz del Perro", so called because it was discovered by a dog in a nearby location, is located in one of the alcoves off the nave of this church

Church Address: Calle Mayor, 11, 19117 Albalate de Zorita, Guadalajara, Spain

Site Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe

Directions to Site: Located on the CM-200, S of Sacedon, 55-60 km SE of Guadalajara capital

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Sigüenza-Guadalajara

Historical Region: Comarca La Alcarria

Additional Comments: damaged font / repaired font [cf. FontNotes]

Font Notes: Click to view

Identified in Layna Serrano (1948) as a baptismal font in the Plateresque [="plateresco"] style. Herrera Casado (1999) describes this font as "covarrubiesca" [i.e., Alonso de Covarrubias?]. On-site notes: baptismal font of the 16th century consisting of a shallow round basin raised on a complex base formed of an upper volume made up of foliage, garlands, drapery, etc., that arch out with a hollow inside, a short middle volume with folaige motifs, a narrow square plinth with decorative motifs, and, in between the last two, a tall torus-scotia-torus moulding combination. The outside of the bowl has a field of foliage as background for a row of winged cherub heads, but one of the heads is actually a cery naturalistically rendered skull. There is a significant amount of damage to the font: cracks and repairs all over, especially the basin itself, which was broken into three pieces and has been stapled together and reinforced with a metal bar in the upper rim. [cf. Index entry for Albalate de Zorita No. 1 for a Romanesque font from the Ermita de Nuestra Señora de Cubillas]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 513301 4461889

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.307403, -2.843469

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 18′ 26.65″ N, 2° 50′ 36.49″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble

Font Shape: round, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage System: centre hole in basin

Drainage Notes: now plugged

Rim Thickness: 5 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 92 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 102 cm

Basin Depth: 18 cm

Basin Total Height: 32 cm

Height of Base: 74 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 106 cm

Font Height (with Plinth): 153 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-ste

REFERENCES

Herrera Casado, Antonio, Guadalajara entera: 10 rutas para conocerla, Guadalajara: Aache Ediciones, 1999, [Ruta 02-Pastrana]
Layna Serrano, Francisco, La provincia de Guadalajara: descripción fotográfica de sus comarcas, Madrid: Hauser y Menet, 1948