Alpedroches

Results: 4 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

BBU01: design element - architectural - arch-head - round - beaded-tape

BS01: design element - motifs - floral - 4-petal

R01: design element - motifs - sawtooth

INFORMATION

FontID: 16105ALP
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 off the GU-145, in the municipality of Atienza
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in an alcove at the W end, surrounded by junk and debris
Century and Period: 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: other such fonts in the municipality of Atienza [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) as a baptismal font probably of the 13th century; the round basin has tapering sides decorated with broad ribs headed by round arch-heads of beaded tape, four-petal floral motifs in the spandrels; at the upper rim a narrow band of saw-tooth; raised on a squat cylindrical base decorated with fluting all around. This source notes that the font is the product of the same master or workshop responsible for the other fonts of this municipality.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

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