Sotillo nr. Guadalajara No. 2 / El Sotillo / Aranz / Barranco del Reato

Results: 4 records

B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - double columns with capitals

BBL01: design element - motifs - sawtooth

Scene Description: large ones at the bottom of the arches, smaller ones below

BS01: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: chiefly in the spandresl of the arcade

BU02: design element - motifs - ball

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 16179SOT
Church/Chapel: Ermita de Nuestra Señora de Aranz
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located in the Barranco del Reato, 5 km from El Sotillo -- El Sotillo is located off the A-2, 8 km from exit 107, 60 km from Guadalajara capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, near the entranceway
Century and Period: 13th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) as a Romanesque baptismal font of the 13th century made of sandstone, now badly damaged, but still one of the best examples of the rural art of the period in the province; arcade of round arches on double columns with capitals all around; foliage in the spandrels of the arcade and the rest of the upper side; around the bottom of the arcade is a band of large saw-tooth followed down by another of smaller size, teeth pointing up on both; there are traces of ball motif below that around the underbowl; the present base is a modern replacement of the lost original.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 100 cm*
Basin Total Height: 84 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