Almiruete

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

BBU01: design element - motifs - scallop

Scene Description: a row

R01: design element - motifs - moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 16104ALM
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 in the municipality of Ayllón, 55 km from Guadalajara capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the N aisle
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009), as a font of the late Romanesque consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a moulding at the upper rim, followed down by a row of scallops and a ribbed pattern below; raised on a short circular stem and a lower base of like shape; on a three-step plinth. The basin retains one (?) metal staple from the old cover locking system. The Enciclopedia… (ibid.) remarks on the similarity of the fonts at Almiruete, Bustares, Olmeda de Cobeta, Ujedos, and the later font at Miedes de Atienza.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

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