Zarzuela de Jadraque
Results: 4 records
B01: design element - motifs - ball
B02: design element - patterns - ribbed
LB01: design element - patterns - fluted
R01: design element - motifs - diaper or nail-head
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
INFORMATION
FontID: 16089ZAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Clemente
Church Patron Saints: St. Clement
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located near Atienza
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery, at the W end
Century and Period: 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: a similar font in the Iglesia de San Gil in Atienza
Font Notes:
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Noted in Pérez Arribas; Romanesque baptismal font made of limestone and decorated with ribbed pattern topped with little-ball motifs; at the upper side a band of nail-head or dog-tooth [Pérez Arribas uses "puntas de diamante" to describe this motif]; the roughly hemispherical basin is raised on a quadrangular base with fluted pattern.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 120 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Pérez Arribas]
REFERENCES
Pérez Arribas, Andrés, "Las estrellas de mar, ornamentación usual en el románico de Guadalajara", [s.d.], pp. 225-253; p. 251 / [http2.uclm.es/biblioteca/CECLM/ARTREVISTAS/Wad/Wad27_perezestrellas.pdf] [accessed 1 March 2010]