Carabias No. 2
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16123CAR
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (late?), Late Romanesque / Transitional?
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial del Salvador [aka Iglesia de la Transfiguración del Señor]
Font Location in Church: At the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): Our Saviour
Church Address: Barrio Carabias, 5, 19266 Sigüenza, Guadalajara, Spain
Site Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the CM-110, 8 km WNW of Sigüenza, 70 km NE of Guadalajara capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Sigüenza-Guadalajara
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 30T 523718 4548800
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.090123, -2.717593
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 5′ 24.44″ N, 2° 43′ 3.34″ W
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, vol. 1: 335