Zarzuela de la Sierra

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02414ZAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Site Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located at the northwest side of the Sierra de Valdecabras, 27 km N of Cuenca capital
Additional Comments: altered font? Missing base?
Font Notes:
Described in Nieto Taberné (1994) and (2001): magnificent Romanesque baptismal font ornamented with a band of "8" double-interlace motif and a blind arcade of round arches on columns with capitals. Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) as a baptismal font made of limestone and dated to the 13th century, somewhat similar to those at La Fontera and Villalba de la Sierra. The hemispherical basin has no base now.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 574100 4456455

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 17 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 91 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 125 cm
Basin Depth: 45 cm [Enciclopedia has 48 cm]
Basin Total Height: 73 cm
Height of Base: 8 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 81 cm [Enciclopedia has 80 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. 340
  • 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. 37