Arcos de la Sierra

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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

Scene Description: a/p description and illustration in Nieto Taberné (1994: 451, and 2001: 37)

design element - motifs - rope

Scene Description: a/p description and illustration in Nieto Taberné (1994: 451, and 2001: 37)

design element - patterns - fluted

Scene Description: a/p description and illustration in Nieto Taberné (1994: 451, and 2001: 37)

design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: a/p description and illustration in Nieto Taberné (1994: 451, and 2001: 37)

view of church exterior - northeast view

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph in DescubreCuenca [www.descubrecuenca.com/es/enclaves-y-poblaciones/la-serrania/arcos-de-la-sierra-iglesia-de-nuestra-senora-de-la-asuncion-133] [accessed 20 January 2021]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02424ARC

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción

Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary

Church Location: Calle Iglesia, 6, 16141 Arcos de la Sierra, Cuenca, Spain -- Tel.: +34 969 23 18 11

Country Name: Spain

Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha

Directions to Site: Located off the CUV-4117, E of the N-320, in the Parque Natural de la Serranía de Cuenca, about 40 km N of the town of Cuenca

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Cuenca

Historical Region: Comarca Campo de Ribatajada

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Church Notes: 12thC(?) church

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described and illustrated in Nieto Taberné (1994: 451) and (2001: 37) as a Romanesque baptismal font with a hemispheric basin and a pedestal base; the basin sides are ornamented with a blind arcade of round arches at the top; below it, a rope motif followed down by a ribbed pattern all the way to the bottom of the basin; the base appears to have fluted pattern matching the ribs of the basin. It has suffered visible damage to the rim and there is metal reinforcement ring all around it.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 40.35, -2.116667

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 40° 21′ 0″ N, 2° 7′ 0″ W

UTM: 30T 575015 4466979

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 13 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 73 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 99 cm

Basin Depth: 23 cm

Basin Total Height: 45 cm

Height of Base: 49 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 94 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