Terraza

INFORMATION

FontID: 16184TER

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés

Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew

Country Name: Spain

Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha

Directions to Site: Located off (S) the N-211, W of Molina de Aragón

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in an alcove on the N side

Century and Period: 12th - 14th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009), with reference to Herrera Casado, as a medieval stone baptismal font with a plain hemispherical basin and a flat and plain modern wooden cover. [cf. Index entry for Cañizares for a second font located now in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: hemispheric

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

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