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

Results: 4 records

BU01: design element - motifs - ball - 4?

LB01: design element - motifs - moulding

LB02: design element - motifs - claw, leaf or spur - 4

UB01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 16175UJA
Museum and Inventory Number: Museo Diocesano de Sigüenza, Sala de Arquitectura
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de an Miguel Arcángel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Ujados is located about 25 km from Guadalajara capital, in the Alcarria region -- the Museo Diocesano de Sigüenza is located in the town of the same name, off Plaza del Obispo don Bernardo, opposite the cathedral
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Century and Period: 13th century (early?), Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
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.

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