Abanades No. 2 / Abánades

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 16099ABA
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro
Font Location in Church: By the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: 19432 Abánades, Guadalajara, Spain
Site Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the GU-928, 30 km from Sigüenza, 80 from Guadalajara capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Sigüenza-Guadalajara
Historical Region: Señorío de Molina-Alto Tajo
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009). Holy-water stoup decorated with ribs inscribed in round arches. This same source suggests it is of the same date and probably by the carver who executed the font [cf. Index entry for Abánades No. 1 for a font of the same period in this church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 543475 4527106

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

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: 100