Padilla de Hita

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

R01: design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 16141PAD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel Arcángel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located on the CM-1003, 37 km from Guadalajara capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in an alcove at the W end, S side, by the gallery
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) as a Romanesque baptismal font of a type common in the area and in nearby Cuenca. The font consists of a round basin with tapering sides and a round underbowl, not quite hemispherical or cylindrical; it is decorated with two parallel mouldings at the upper rim, and a ribbed pattern all around; raised on a squat circular base totally plain.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round (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