Cabrera / La Cabrera
Results: 6 records
B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
BBU01: design element - architectural - arch-head - round
Scene Description: framing the tops of the ribs below
LB01: Symbol - shield - emblem - Christ - monogram - HS
LB02: design element - motifs - floral - fleuron - 2
LB03: design element - motifs - unidentified
R01: design element - motifs - moulding
INFORMATION
FontID: 16122CAB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the CM-1101, NNE of Cifuentes
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, N side
Century and Period: 16th century, Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Font Notes:
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Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) with suggested date in the mid-16th century. Round basin decorated with a moulded upper rim and a ribbed pattern with round arch-heads on the lower side; rectangular base decorated with a shield inscribing the IHS emblem on one side, two fleurons on each of two sides, and an unidentified motif on the fourth side.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: initials
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: inside a shield on the basin side
Inscription Text: "IHS"
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