Ablanque
Results: 2 records
B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches
R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
INFORMATION
FontID: 16100ABL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located on the GU-949, 125 km from Guadalajara capital
Font Location in Church: Outside the church, in the covered gallery to the E of the entrance, protected by a railing
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009). Monolithic baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a roll moulding at the upper rim, and a blind arcade of tall round arches all around the sides and underbowl; squat round lower base. The wooden cover is round, plain and flat; modern. The Enciclopedia… (ibid.) suggests the fonts at Ablanque, Cifuentes, Henche, Las Inviernas, Olmeda de Cobeta and El Picazo [now in Guadalajara capital], as being stylistically related
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 100 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 99 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009)]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
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