Miraflores de la Sierra / Porquerizas de la Sierra

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B01: design element - patterns - tracery
view of church exterior - south porch
view of church exterior - tower
view of church exterior - west end
view of church interior - nave - looking east
INFORMATION
FontID: 17824MIR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid
Directions to Site: Located on the M-607, 50 km N of Madrid
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis of Madrid
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1492?
Century and Period: 15th century (late?), Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Juan de Cas?
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in Perez Minguez (1919). Baptismal font made of limestone by Juan de Cas in 1492; it is a large basin on a squat base; the sides of the basin are decorated with deeply-carved tracery patterns; the upper rim of the font retains a metal staple from the old cover. [="pila bautismal del año 1492, labrada por Juan de Cas, al que se pagaron 1000 maravedís por este encargo. La copa mide 0.65 metros de alto por 1.25 metros de diámetro, y base de 30 cm de altura. Elaborada en piedra caliza" -- temp. info. source: http://www.mirafloresdelasierra.net/entorno/de_interes [accessed 2 January 2012]]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 4518104 435174
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining