Berninches

INFORMATION

FontID: 16114BER
Church/Chapel: [originally from the Iglesia de Santa María, in La Golosa]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located off the N-320, 45 km from Guadalajara capital
Font Location in Church: The font is reported [cf. FontNotes] serving as a garden planter in Berninches
Century and Period: , Medieval
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) as the basin of a baptismal font from the Romanesque church of Santa María, in the now abandoned village of La Golosa, in the municipality of Berninches; only the ruins of the church remain. The old font from that church, informs this same source, is a plain monolithic basin made of sandstone, and was moved to Berninches, where it now [ca. 2009] serves as a planter. This same source gives the fonts of Tobillos, Ventosa and Chiloeches, in the same province, as cognates.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: round
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