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
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
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; r["References"]