Renales

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 16149REN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century (?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Sebastián, Renales
Font Location in Church: Outside, in the covered gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Sebastian
Church Address: C. Mayor, 2, 19432 Renales, Guadalajara, Spain
Site Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the GU-913, E of the A-2, NW of Abánades, SSE of Laranueva
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Sigüenza-Guadalajara
Additional Comments: altered font? Was the underbowl cut off at some point?
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009), where it is noted that, although the decorative elements on the basin match those of local Romanesque types, the careful execution may point to a later date. The usual motifs include a thin moulding at the upper rim, well-executed round arch-heads below and broad ribs that are tuncated at the bottom, without the usual rounded underbowl; raised on a plain and squat circular base. It gives the impression that the basin has a rounded underbowl with wrapping rib ends, but was chiselled off: "En el interior de la galería porticada se asienta una pila bautismal, de copa abruptamente truncada en su base. Está
decorada con gallones que aparecen rematados en su borde superior por arcos de medio punto, recercados por una fina hendidura. El motivo decorativo escogido se ajusta a un modelo previo que pudiera haber sido románico. El ejemplar que apreciamos en la actualidad tiene, por el contrario, una tipología y refinado pulido que parece pertenecer a una fábrica posterior."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 539884 4529183
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.912778, -2.526389
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 54′ 46″ N, 2° 31′ 35″ W

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, vol. 2: 684
  • Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.