Olmeda del Extremo

Results: 4 records

B03: design element - patterns - ribbed

BBU01: design element - architectural - arch-head - round

LB01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 16138OLM
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 the CM-2011, 50 km E of Guadalajara capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in an alcove at the W end, beneath the gallery
Century and Period: 16th century,
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) as a baptismal font in the Romanesque style of the region but most likely made in the 16th century. It consists of a roughly hemispherical basin with a roll moulding at the upper rim, with a row of round arch-heads over a broad ribbed pattern; raised on a squat truncated-cone base decorated with a roll moulding at its upper end.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

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