Valdecabras

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B01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: two horizontal, at top and bottom, and several vertical ones joining the two

INFORMATION

FontID: 02417VAL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: 16146 Valdecabras, Cuenca, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located at the foot of the Sierra de Valdecabras, to the north of the town of Cuenca
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Described and illustrated in Nieto Taberné (1994: 450) and (2001: 38) as a hemispheric Romanesque baptismal font resting directly on the ground; there is a bulging roll moulding at the upper rim and a smaller one at the base of the underbowl, with several thick vertical mouldings joining the two [Nieto T. describes them as ribs]. It is a rather crude and irregular work. There are signs of damage on the basin sides and at the upper rim.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 40.15922, -2.035311
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 40° 9′ 33″ N, 2° 2′ 7″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 9 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 79 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 97 cm
Basin Depth: 46 cm
Basin Total Height: 56 cm
Height of Base: 8 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 64 cm
Notes on Measurements: Nieto Taberné (1994: 450)

REFERENCES

Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, Cuenca: Estudio Museo, 1994
Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, León: Ediciones Lancia, 2001