Bustares

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: with tiny scallops between the tops of the ribs

BBU01: design element - motifs - scallop

Scene Description: a row of them, all around; additional smaller scallops between the tops of the ribs

R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 16120BUS
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Lorenzo
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located off the C-101, near Hiendelaencina, 80 km from Guadalajara capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, beneath the gallery, partly embedded in the N wall
Century and Period: 13th century (late?), Late Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009), similar to the font at Bochones, with suggested date in the late-13th century. The font is partly embedded in the north wall at the west end of the nave; the round basin is of a type repeated in this region, with a roll moulding at the upper rim, a band of scallop motif below, and ribbed pattern all around the sides and underbowl, with smaller scallops between the tops of the ribs, this last motif an addition not found in the other specimens of this type; raised on a short pyramidal stem with fluted pattern on the sides, similar to the one at Villaescusa de Palositos. The Enciclopedia (ibid.) also notes its similarity with the fonts at Bochones, Casillas de Atienza and Hijes, and with the fonts at nearby El Ordial, Gascueña de Bornova and Prádena de Atienza, and the fonts at Almiruete, Olmeda de Cobeta, Ujedos, and the later font at Miedes de Atienza.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 106 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