Canencia

INFORMATION

FontID: 12251CAN
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Maria del Castillo
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid
Directions to Site: Located in the Sierra Norte, 67 km from Madrid capital (follow A1 to LOzoyuela; off towards Rascafria-Lozoya; past El Cuadron, take the second left to Canencia)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the foot of the pulpit
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Holy-water stoup consisting of a hemispherical bowl decorated with ribbed pattern on the underbowl, raised on a pedestal base. Illustrated in Ordieres Díez (2005-)

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Ordieres Díez, Isabel, Patrimonio histórico de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid: Dirección General de Patrimonio Histórico, Consejería de Cultura y deportes, Comunidad de Madrid, 2005-