Villanueva de los Escuderos

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02427VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, beneath the tower, in a chapel that serves as baptistery
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Site Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-400, 15 km SW of Cuenca capital (on a local road that starts SW off the N400 just W of Albaladejito)
Font Notes:
Described in Nieto Taberné (1994) and (2001) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the basin is decorated with large arch-like ribs on the sides and with band of varied motifs (leaf, pattée cross, spiral, diamond) above. The Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) notes the presence of the floral and cross motifs on the fonts at Alconchel de la Estrella, Arandilla del Arroyo, Arcas and Villanueva de los Escuderos.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 559547 4432835

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: chalice-shaped, hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 17 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 77 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 111 cm
Basin Depth: 35 cm
Basin Total Height: 65 cm
Height of Base: 30 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 94 cm
Notes on Measurements: Nieto Taberne (1994: 451)

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. 132
  • Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, Cuenca: Estudio Museo, 1994, p. 451
  • Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, León: Ediciones Lancia, 2001