Molina de Aragon No. 1 / Molina de Aragón
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16136MOL
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Conventual de Santa Clara [formerly Parroquia de la Concepción]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, wall-mounted, on the S side of the crossing
Church Notes: parish church in the 13thC; became conventual in the late-16thC
Church Address: Pl. Sta. Clara, 1, 19300 Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Spain
Site Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-211 amd GU-418 crossroads, 140 km ENE of Guadalajara capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Sigüenza-Guadalajara
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 13thC parish church here)
Font Notes:
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A wall-mounted circular holy-water stoup is noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) in the conventual church of the Clarisas, a building that had earlier been a parish church dedicated to the Immaculate Conception. The Enciclopedia… does not mention a font in this church, nor does it provide any information on the font of the two other medieval churches [now in ruins] of this town: the Iglesia de San Martín, the oldest [mid-12th century?] in town and located in the old quarter, and the Iglesia de Santa María del Collado, in the fortified structure of the same name, All three churches are of the Romanesque period: "Se conserva, en el brazo sur del crucero, adosada al
muro, una pequeña pila de agua bendita circular formada por decoración de gajos en su parte inferior y una austera decoración tallada en el borde de la pila que asemeja a arcos de medio punto doblados. Se localiza dentro de la tradición románica."
muro, una pequeña pila de agua bendita circular formada por decoración de gajos en su parte inferior y una austera decoración tallada en el borde de la pila que asemeja a arcos de medio punto doblados. Se localiza dentro de la tradición románica."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 593875 4522271
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
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. 2: 547-565
- Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.