Atienza No. 5

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Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2011

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view of basin - interior

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: digital photograph taken March 2011 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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design element - architectural - arch-head - round

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design element - patterns - ribbed

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view of church exterior

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Francisco Javier de la Fuente Cobos, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 May 2011 by Francisco Javier de la Fuente Cobos
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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: church, cemetery and castle
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Francisco Javier de la Fuente Cobos, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 May 2011 by Francisco Javier de la Fuente Cobos
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view of church exterior - north portal

Scene Description: the inscription relates to the patronage of King Alphonse the Battler [Alfonso I el Batallador de Aragón y Navarra (1073 or 1074-1134)] and dates this portal to the 12th century
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view of church exterior - south portal

Scene Description: a later portal, probably mid-to-late 13th century
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Image Source: digital photograph taken March 2011 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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view of church exterior

Scene Description: the church is located at the top of the hill, among the fortifications of the medieval castle
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Image Source: digital photograph taken March 2011 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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view of font in context

Scene Description: at the west end of the nave
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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 March 23011 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 16108ATI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early?), Late Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María del Rey
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: 19270 Atienza, Guadalajara, Spain
Site Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the CM-1001, in the N of the province, near the border with Soria province, 83 km from Guadalajara capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Sigüenza-Guadalajara
Font Notes:
The Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) notes a late-Romanesque baptismal font of the first half of the 13th century, located at the west end of the nave; a hemispherical basin decorated with ribbed pattern with round arch-heads on the ribs; on a truncated cone stem with a roll moulding at the top; this source suggests similar fonts in Soria province, at Losana, Hoz de Arriba, Torrevicente and Peralejo de los Escuderos. The font's basin has suffered some damage to the side; there are the remains of two (?) metal staples from the old cover lock in the upper rim of the basin; the drain hole in the basin appears to have been cemented in. Noted and illustrated in Herrera Casado (2014): "pila bautismal colocada a los pies de la nave. Se trata de un ejemplar tardorrománico (94 x 94 cm) compuesto por un pie liso y una copa decorada con gallones enmarcados por arquillos. Es extraño, teniendo en cuenta la importancia de la iglesia, que la pila no sea ni tan siquiera parecida a las otras tres que se conservan en Atienza; ésta es la de menor tamaño y con escasa decoración. Dentro de la provincia se vincularía a pilas como las de las iglesia parroquiales de Olmeda del Extremo, Alcorlo o Villaescusa de Palositos. En el ámbito conquense la vinculamos con la de la localidad de Villar del Infantado. Su esquema ornamental remite igualmente a algunos ejemplares sorianos, como los de Losana, Hoz de Arriba, Torrevicente y Peralejo de los Escuderos. Su cronología puede remontarse a la primera mitad del siglo XIII."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue and Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com] for their photographs of church and font; also to Francisco Javier de la Fuente Cobos for his photographs of this church. We are grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 4560783 511296

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: yes

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: 192
  • Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.
  • Herrera Casado, Antonio, Iconografía románica en Guadalajara, Guadalajara: Aache, 2014, p. 141ff