Sotillo nr. Guadalajara No. 1 / El Sotillo

Results: 4 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

BBU01: design element - architectural - arch-head - round

LB01: design element - patterns - striated

R01: design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: much damaged

INFORMATION

FontID: 16178SOT
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Marina
Church Patron Saints: St. Marina [St. Marina de Orense, a Galician martyr?] or St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located off the A-2, 8 km from exit 107, 60 km from Guadalajara capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the sacristy, on the N side
Century and Period: 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) as Romanesque 13th-century font made of limestone; it consists of roughly hemispheric basin decorated with the common pattern found in Guadalajara fonts: moulding at the upper rim, with round arch-heads below and a pattern of braod ribs down the sides and underbowl; in this case the work is very crude, the arch-heads with an incised line tracing the arches from above; raised on a squat round-to-square base decorated with striated pattern, now very faint. The Enciclopedia… (ibid.) points out some similarty with the font at nearby Las Inviernas, although the latter is a more sophisticated piece. Some damage showing on the upper rim.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 102 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 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