Alcocer No. 1
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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 June 2006 by David de la Garma Ramírez [www.arteguias.com]
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LB01: design element - motifs - claw or spur - 4
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2010
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 13 June 2006 by David de la Garma Ramírez [www.arteguias.com]
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 June 2006 by David de la Garma Ramírez [www.arteguias.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11310ALC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Alcocer
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: 15thC church
Church Address: Plaza de la Iglesia, 19125 Alcocer, Guadalajara, Spain
Site Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-320, 10-12 km E of Sacedón, about 65 km ESE of Guadajara capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Sigüenza-Guadalajara
Additional Comments: damaged font / moved font
Font Notes:
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Described in Pérez Arribas (1974) as a baptismal font probably of the 14th century. It consists of a basin of large proportions, decorated with a ribbed pattern of almost flat ribs all around, raised on a short cylindrical stem and a square lower base with spurs at 90-degree angles. The font is in a very poor state of repair; the upper basin rim has suffered much damage, especially at the spots where the old metal staples of the cover were anchored. The lower base is below the flooring level. Pérez Arribas (ibid.) appears to imply that the font had been moved from the baptistery to the west end of the nave (?) [cf. Index entry for Alcocer No. 2 for the holy-water stoup in this church]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David de la Garma Ramírez, of www.arteguias.com, for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 533135 4479879
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.468928, -2.609131
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 28′ 8.14″ N, 2° 36′ 32.87″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
REFERENCES
- Pérez Arribas, Andrés, Alcocer, historia y arte, 1984, chapter XXVI: 6-7 [www.villadealcocer.com]