Alcocer No. 1

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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

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LB01: design element - motifs - claw or spur - 4

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view of font in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 11310ALC
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located on the N320, 10-12 km E of Sacedón, about 65 km ESE of Guadajara capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 14th century, Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David de la Garma Ramírez, of www.arteguias.com, for his photograph of this font
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]

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