Hijes

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 16121HIJ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Natividad, Hijes
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Nativity of St. Mary
Church Address: C. la Iglesia, 11, 19276 Hijes, Guadalajara, Spain -- Tel.: +34 620 45 66 76
Site Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the GU, 145, 20 km NW of Atienza
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Sigüenza-Guadalajara
Font Notes:
The Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) notes and illustrates a 13th-century Romanesque baptismal font in this church, somewhat similar to the one at Bochones, Bustares and Casillas de Atienza, but the scallops that decorate the upper basin side and those in the interstices of the ribs have a double frame; the ribs that cover the rest of the sides and underbowl are slender; it is raised on a squat truncated-cone base with ribbed sides. The modern wooden cover is flat and plain: "Del viejo mobiliario sacro de época medieval sólo se
ha conservado una sencilla pila bautismal que parece datar del siglo XIII."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 500140 4566788
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.2525, -2.998333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 15′ 9″ N, 2° 59′ 54″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

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: 270, 451
  • Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.