Cifuentes
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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 March 2003 by David de la Garma [www.arteguias.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 March 2003 by David de la Garma [www.arteguias.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11623CIF
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Salvador de Cifuentes
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): Our Saviour
Church Address: San Salvador, C. las Campanas, 2, 19420 Cifuentes, Guadalajara, Spain -- Tel.: +34 949 81 00 81
Site Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-204, about 70 km NE of Guadalajara capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Sigüenza-Guadalajara
Historical Region: La Alcarria Alta
Additional Comments: damaged font: upper basin rim and base
Font Notes:
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Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) as a Romanesque baptismal font of the 13th century. The round basin is decorated with the ribbed pattern topped with round arch-heads that is characteristic of this area; raised on a squat narrow base. The Enciclopedia… (ibid.) suggests the fonts at Ablanque, Cifuentes, Henche, Hontanares, Las Inviernas, Millana, Olmeda de Cobeta, El Picazo [now in Guadalajara capital] and Salmerón, as being stylistically related. The font consists of a large hemispherical basin decorated with rib pattern all around, and raised on a tiny squat round-to-square base; traces of repair on the upper rim side, probably where the old cover staples were forcibly removed; the basin and base may have been originally one piece, but it appears to have been broken and repaired with cement.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David de la Garma Ramírez, of www.arteguias.com, for the photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 531819 4515049
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.785811, -2.622879
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 47′ 8.92″ N, 2° 37′ 22.36″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 123 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009)
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
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: 369. 374, 436, 464; vol. 2: 538, 596, 668
- Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.