Ventosa nr. Corduente and Terraza
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16116VEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de S. Antonio Abad, Ventosa
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Anthony the Great [aka Antony the Great, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Anthony of Thebes]
Church Address: C/ Iglesia Ventosa, 2, 19392 Ventosa, Guadalajara, Spain
Site Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the GU-960, 2 km WNW of Terraza, 12 km WSW of Molina de Aragon, 150 km from Guadalajara capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Sigüenza-Guadalajara
Font Notes:
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The Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) gives the fonts of Berninches (Despoblado de La Golosa), Tobillos, Torotonda, Ventosa and Chiloeches, in the same province, as cognates. [NB: the entry for Ventosa in the Enciclopedia…, however, does not mention a parish church or a font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
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, vol. 1: 268; vol. 2: 840