Arcos de la Sierra
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Patronato de Desarrollo Provincial. Diputación Provincial de Cuenca, 2021
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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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02424ARC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
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
Church Notes: 12thC(?) church
Church Address: Calle Iglesia, 6, 16141 Arcos de la Sierra, Cuenca, Spain -- Tel.: +34 969 23 18 11
Site Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
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 Notes:
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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
UTM: 30T 575015 4466979
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.35, -2.116667
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 21′ 0″ N, 2° 7′ 0″ W
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, p. 451
- Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, León: Ediciones Lancia, 2001, p. 37