Santiuste

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 16169SAN
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Transfiguración
Church Patron Saints: The Transfiguration of Christ
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located off the GU-148, 28 km from Sigüenza
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in an alcove on the W wall of the S aisle
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) as a Romanesque baptismal font consisting of a hemispheric basin decorated with a thick roll moulding at the upper rim, and a pattern of broad ribs all around the sides and underbowl; raised on a crude and squat quadrangular base. The Enciclopedia… (ibid.) relates it to the fonts at Bochones and Villaescusa de Palositios [cf. Index entries].

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