Robledo de Chavela

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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design element - patterns - ribbed

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view of basin - interior

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view of church exterior - detail

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view of church exterior - detail

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view of church exterior - northwest view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of church interior - nave - painting

Scene Description: one of several dragons painted on the upper part of the nave walls and ceiling

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2013 by Francisco Javier de la Fuente Cobos

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view of font

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Scene Description: in the northwest corner of the nave, under the gallery

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INFORMATION

FontID: 13838ROB

Church/Chapel: Iglesia de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora

Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary

Church Location: Avenida Juan Carlos I, 4, E-28294, Robledo de Chavela, Madrid, España -- Tel.: 918 995 056

Country Name: Spain

Location: Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid

Directions to Site: Located W of El Escorial, 63 km W of Madrid capital

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Madrid

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, under the W gallery, N side

Century and Period: 13th - 16th century[re-tooled?], Medieval [altered]

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Francisco Javier de la Fuente Cobos, for his help in documenting this font, and his photographs of church and font

Church Notes: 16thC(?) mural paintings of dragons, etc.; undergoing restoration in August 2013

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Baptismal font made of local granite, consisting of a hemispherical basin decorated with ribbed pattern all around, the ribs ending in a roll moulding on the underbowl; raised on a plain circular pedestal and a round lower base that is now integrated into a larger plinth. This type of font was made in parts of Spain from the 12th through the 16th centuries; the finish of the inner basin well and the depth of it suggest that this of the later, rather than the earlier period.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 395494 4483985

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 18 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 94 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 130 cm

Basin Depth: 40-41 cm

Basin Total Height: 70-71 cm

Height of Base: 35 cm

Height of Side Columns: 105-106 cm

Notes on Measurements: drain hole size: 6-12 cm [NB: all measurements courtesy of Francisco Javier de la Fuente Cobos]