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view of church exterior - south view
INFORMATION
FontID: 16113GUA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: Bañuelos, 19276, Guadalajara, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the GU-145, 15 km NNW of Atienza, NNE of Guadalajara capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Sigüenza
Historical Region: Sierra norte de Guadalajara
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery, at the W end, S side
Century and Period: 12th - 17th century, Medieval
Church Notes: present church 16th-17thC
Font Notes:
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The Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) notes the baptismal font in this church as plain and therefore difficult to assign a Romanesque date to it; is rather smaller in diameter to most other Romanesque fonts in the area.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 506978
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 86 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009)]
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