Carabias No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 16123CAR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial del Salvador [aka Iglesia de la Transfiguración del Señor]
Church Patron Saints: Our Saviour
Church Location: Barrio Carabias, 5, 19266 Sigüenza, Guadalajara, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the CM-110, 8 km WNW of Sigüenza, 70 km NE of Guadalajara capital
Font Location in Church: At the entrance
Century and Period: 13th century (late?), Late Romanesque / Transitional?
Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) as a holy-water stoup at the entrance, a plain hemispherical basin. [cf. Index entry for Carabias No. 1 for the baptismal font of the same period]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.090123, -2.717593
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 5′ 24.44″ N, 2° 43′ 3.34″ W
UTM: 30T 523718 4548800

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 39 cm*
Basin Total Height: 21 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