Villar del Saz de Navalon / Villar del Saz de Navalón
Results: 2 records
BBU01: design element - patterns - interlace
Scene Description: a/p description and illustration in Nieto Taberné (2001: 50)
BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: pairs of widely-separated thin ribs
INFORMATION
FontID: 02420VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial
Church Location: Calle Iglesia, Villar del Saz de Navalón, Cuenca, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located in the region known as "La Obispalía", to the east of Cuenca capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Nieto Taberné (1994: 451) and (2001: 50): bapotismal font of the Romanesque period; the ribbed basin has a border and weave pattern; the ornamental work appears very even and regular; the underbowl has only a few ribs, very thin and in pairs, widely dispersed on the surface. The base is a plain round pedestal.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 40.147291, -1.352061
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 40° 8′ 50″ N, 2° 21′ 7" W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted) -- chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 16 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 80 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 112 cm
Basin Depth: 33 cm
Basin Total Height: 46 cm
Height of Base: 39 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 85 cm
Notes on Measurements: Nieto Taberné (1994: 451)
REFERENCES
Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, Cuenca: Estudio Museo, 1994
Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, León: Ediciones Lancia, 2001