Ujados No. 2 [moved to the Museo Diocesano de Sigüenza]

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 16175UJA
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early?), Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Museum: Museo Diocesano de Sigüenza, Sala de Arquitectura
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel Arcángel, Ujados
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: 19276 Ujado, Guadalajara, Spain
Site Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Ujados is located off the CM-110, 3 km S of Hijes, about 60 km NW of Sigüenza -- the Museo Diocesano de Sigüenza is located in the town of the same name, off Plaza del Obispo don Bernardo, opposite the cathedral
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Sigüenza-Guadalajara
Historical Region: La Alcarria
Additional Comments: composite stoup?
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) as a Romanesque holy-water stoup of the early 13th century originally from Ujados, an uncharacteristic piece in this province with a parallel in Valderrebollo; at the top what appears to be a capital or base used here as basin and decorated with ball matifs at the angles below the rim, raised on round stem with roll mouldings, and a round-to-square base with spurs at 90-degree angles.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 499697 4564999
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.236389, -3.003611
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 14′ 11″ N, 3° 0′ 13″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Diameter (includes rim): 40 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009)]

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: 791