Ordial / El Ordial
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INFORMATION
FontID: 16139ORD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Sebastián
Church Patron Saints: St. Sebastian
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located WSW of Bustares, 70 km from Guadalajara capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, beneath the gallery
Century and Period: 13th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) as a baptismal font probably of the 13th century, similar to the ones at nearby Bustares, Gascueña de Bornova and Prádena de Atienza, and made of limestone or gneiss, of which only the basin remains, raised on a later pedestal base. The basin is roughly hemispherical, decorated with a roll moulding at the upper rim, with crudely rendered ribs all around.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone? / gneiss?
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