Villaverde del Ducado No. 1
Results: 3 records
BBL01: design element - motifs - scotia
BBU01: design element - patterns- starred
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed
INFORMATION
FontID: 16214VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located off the A-2, 3 km from Alcolea del Pinar, 82 km from Guadalajara capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the N arm of the crossing
Century and Period: 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) as a baptismal font probably of the 13th century; the round basin has a cylindrical upper body and a hemispherical underbowl; below the rim runs a band of motif that resembles 8-pointed stars; at the lower end, a scotia all around, and, below that, on the underbowl, a ribbed pattern. [cf. Index entry for Villaverde del Ducado No. 2 for another font in San Bartolomé]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 104 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 93 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