Guadalajara No. 2
Image copyright © Cristina Sanchez, 2022
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 30 November 2022)
Results: 20 records
view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cristina Sanchez, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph by Cristina Sanchez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 30 November 2022)
view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cristina Sanchez, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph by Cristina Sanchez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 30 November 2022)
view of basin - detail
Scene Description: as exhibited in the Museo de Guadalajara, May 2010
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Tolosa Urieta, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken May 2010 by José Antonio Tolosa Urieta [www.infomolina.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of basin - detail
Scene Description: as exhibited in the Museo de Guadalajara, May 2010
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Tolosa Urieta, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken May 2010 by José Antonio Tolosa Urieta [www.infomolina.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of basin - upper view
Scene Description: as exhibited in the Museo de Guadalajara, May 2010
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Tolosa Urieta, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken May 2010 by José Antonio Tolosa Urieta [www.infomolina.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of basin
Scene Description: as exhibited in the Museo de Guadalajara, May 2010
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Tolosa Urieta, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken May 2010 by José Antonio Tolosa Urieta [www.infomolina.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of basin - interior - drain
![[seen from below]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1051016032_compressed.png)
Scene Description: [seen from below]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 19, 2005
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 19, 2005
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view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 19, 2005
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view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 19, 2005
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design element - patterns - diaper
![[or zigzag, saw-tooth, etc.]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1051016028_compressed.png)
Scene Description: [or zigzag, saw-tooth, etc.]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 19, 2005
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view of basin - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 19, 2005
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symbol - cross - Greek - Maltese - in a circle [design element - motifs - floral - 4 petals]
Scene Description: in the upright position this symbol would be slightly above and to the right of another symbol with a Maltese cross inscribed in a circle
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 19, 2005
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symbol - cross - Greek - Maltese - in a circle
Scene Description: in the upright position this symbol would be slightly below and to the left of another symbol with what appears to be a four-leaf symbol inscribed in a circle
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 19, 2005
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design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 19, 2005
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view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 19, 2005
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 19, 2005
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information
Scene Description: the Museo de Guadalajara label for the font fragment
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Tolosa Urieta, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken May 2010 by José Antonio Tolosa Urieta [www.infomolina.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 19, 2005
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
view of font in context
Scene Description: the font appears at the bottom left corner, by the bike parking pad
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 19, 2005
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11141GUA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Date Visited: 2005-06-19
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Museum: Museo de Guadalajara, Inv. No. BA-224
Church / Chapel Name: [origin unknown -- found in the municipality of Illana]
Font Location in Church: [located temporarily next to the Palacio's bike parking lot in June 2005 -- the font was later moved to the Museo de Guadalajara]
Church Address: [NB: location and coordinates are for Illana, where the font was found]
Site Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the GU-250, SE of Madrid capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Sigüenza-Guadalajara
Additional Comments: disused font / recycled font: large basin appeared stored away temporarely -- contacted Museo staff - reply received
Font Notes:
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The Museo de Guadalajara informs that this font was found in 1982: two persons found it in the municipality of Illana, in an area near 'Los Postes', by the river Tagus; the finders donated it to the Museo. This same source informs that the font may have been from a church that was destroyed during the Civil War [1936-1939] or perhaps replaced by a newer font in an unknown church. [source: e-mail dated 9 November 2005 from Fernando Aguado Díaz, Director del Museo de Guadalajara to BSI]. On-site notes: the large stone basin from a baptismal font was at the time of the BSI visit [19 June 2005] by the bicycle parking lot of the Palacio del Infantado, in downtown Guadalajara capital; the large basin was laying inverted on wooden planks; the basin appears roughly hemispherical though the sides are almost cylindrical; a pattern of very shallow flat ribs covers the outer surface of the basin, but there is at least two croos-in-a-circle symbols (one appears to be a Maltese cross) inscribed in a circle on one of the sides, probably the front side of the basin; the underbowl is decorated with large zigzag and/or diapered motif, and there is large drain hole in the centre; the lower end of the basin underbowl has been carved to match a round base. One side of the basin is badly damaged (or it was left unfinished, if the font was meant to fit against a wall or recess); the drain hole was being used as a rubbish deposit and there were traces that a fire had been set in it. [NB: the Museo de Guadalajara [cf. supra] informs that due to the lack of space during the renovations, the font was temporarily located in the place where BSI found it; the font is scheduled to be restored and added to the the permanent exhibits of the Museo. Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) as the very worn and damaged basin of a sandstone font probably of the 13th or 14th century, originally from Illana; the basin part that remains is roughly hemispherical in shape, with most of the upper rim worn out, as well as part of the underbowl, which the source suggests may be the result of having used it as a mill-stone; the sides are decorated with diagonal bands with inscribed crosses, one of them a Latin cross in a triangle; the underbowl has lozenge motif, and there is a wide centre drain hole in the bottom of the basin.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Fernando Aguado Díaz , Director del Museo de Guadalajara, for the information provided. We are also grateful to José Antonio Tolosa Urieta, of www.infomolina.com, and to Cristina Sanchez for their photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 507856 4448178
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone [basin only]
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 24 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 92 cm* [86 cm**]
Diameter (includes rim): 140 cm* [141 cm**]
Basin Total Height: 68 cm*
Square Base Dimensions: [base missing]
Notes on Measurements: * [all measurements taken of this font by BSI are approximate, as access to the object was limited] -- [drain hole diameter: 14 cm] -- ** [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, vol. 1: 437