Sotoca de Tajo

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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 16180SOT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Pedro Apóstol
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located off the C-9057, near Ruguilla, 80 km from Guadalajara capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the western gallery
Century and Period: 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) as a Romanesque baptismal font of the 13th century; a very crude round basin with slightly tapering sides decorated with irregular ribs, and raised on a plain squat base of round shape. Obviously the product of unskilled local hands. The Enciclopedia… (ibid) points out some similarity with the fonts at Millana and Saelices de la Sal, in the same province.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 100 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 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