Teroleja
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16183TER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Teroleja
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: 19390 Teroleja, Guadalajara, Spain
Site Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the CM-210, 7-8 km SW of SW of Molina de Aragón
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Sigüenza-Guadalajara
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) as a stone baptismal font, monolithic but of two volumes: a round tapering basin and a round base, both totally plain. The flat and plain wooden cover is modern.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 588961 4517292
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.801811, -1.945381
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 48′ 6.52″ N, 1° 56′ 43.37″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
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: 820