Santa Maria del Espino / Rata del Ducado
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16168SAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de El Salvador, Santa Maria del Espino
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a chapel on the N side
Church Patron Saint(s): Our Saviour
Church Address: C. Real, 6D, 19283 Santa María del Espino, Guadalajara, Spain
Site Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the GU-936, in the municipality and 4-5 km S of Anguita, 95 km from Guadalajara capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Sigüenza-Guadalajara
Font Notes:
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The font is referred to in José Serrano Belinchón's August 1987 article on this village [http://guplazamayor.blogspot.com/2009/10/santa-maria-del-espino.html] [accessed 17 March 2010] as a stone baptismal font with Gothic ornamentation [="la [pila] bautismal de piedra, vaciada con ornamentación gótica." Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) as a plain baptismal font in this church. [NB: are they referring to the same object?]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 553058 4538394
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.995, -2.369167
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 59′ 42″ N, 2° 22′ 9″ W
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: 740
- Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.