Caracena del Valle / Valdecolmenas de Abajo
Results: 5 records
B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - crossing arches
BBU01: symbol - cross - pattée - in a circle
BBU02: symbol - star - in a circle
BBU03: design element - motifs - circle
BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: deeply carved
INFORMATION
FontID: 02410CAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Caracena del Valle [now in the town square at Valdecolmenas de Abajo]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Caracena del Valle is now [ca. 2001] an abandoned village. The font was moved to Valdecolmenas de Abajo [cf. corresponding Index entry], where it served as fountainl later moved into the church
Font Location in Church: the font serves now as a water fountain in the village square of Valdecolmenas de Abajo
Century and Period: 15th century, Medieval [altered]
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Nieto Taberné (1994) and (2001): baptismal font of the 15th century but in the Romanesque style, originally from the nearby village of Caracena del Valle; it is now used as public fountain in the main square at Valdecolmenas de abajo. The basin shows an arcade of has criss-crossing round arches on the lower basin sides, with a number of motifs (a circle, a star and a pattée cross are visible in the source) on the upper basin side; the chamfer is quite pronounced and ornamented with deep-relief ribbed pattern. The Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) notes the font from this church was moved to the nearby village of Valdecolmenas de Abajo in the early 20th century [NB: the church in this new location has the same advocation]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 541208 4442670
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: otwo?
Font Shape: hemispherical (mounted) -- chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 14 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 86 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 114 cm [Enciclopedia has 112 cm]
Basin Depth: 38 cm
Basin Total Height: 70 cm [Enciclopedia has 84 cm]
Height of Base: 21 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 91 cm
Notes on Measurements: Nieto Taberné (1994: 450)
REFERENCES
Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2009
Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, Cuenca: Estudio Museo, 1994
Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, León: Ediciones Lancia, 2001