Bochones

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INFORMATION
FontID: 16118BOC
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan
Church Patron Saints: St. John
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 the baptistery, beneath the western gallery
Century and Period: 13th century (early?), Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) as a Romanesque baptismal font probably of the early 13th century, somewhat similar to the ones at Casillas de Atienza, Hijes and Bustares [cf. Index entries]; it is made of limestone; the roughly hemispherical basin is decorated with ribbed pattern on the sides and underbowl, and a roll (rope?] moulding where the basin joins the plain and squat circular base.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 98 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 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