Caracena del Valle / Valdecolmenas de Abajo

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02410CAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Medieval [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Caracena del Valle [now in the town square at Valdecolmenas de Abajo]
Font Location in Church: the font serves now as a water fountain in the village square of Valdecolmenas de Abajo
Church Patron Saint(s): Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Previous Font Location(s): originally from the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción at Caracena del Valle [now in the town square at Valdecolmenas de Abajo]
Site Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
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
Additional Comments: recycled font: served in another town as main square fountain -> later moved into the church [last reported in the Enciclopedia... (2009): 313]
Font Notes:
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: chalice-shaped, hemispheric, mounted
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, p. 165, 313
  • Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, Cuenca: Estudio Museo, 1994, p. 450
  • Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, León: Ediciones Lancia, 2001, p. 69, 70