Jabaga / Jábaga

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - columns with capitals

R01: design element - motifs - rope

INFORMATION

FontID: 02431JAB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Purificación de Nuestra Señora
Church Patron Saints: The Purification of St. Mary
Church Location: 16194 Fuentenava de Jábaga, Cuenca, Spain -- Tel.: +34 969 27 10 18
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located just N of the N-400, on the southern banks of the Rio Jabaga, 13 km E of Cuenca capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, beneath the gallery
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
Described in Nieto Taberné (1994) and (2001). Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009), with date in the 13th century. Romanesque baptismal font ornamented with a rope moulding at the upper rim and a blind arcade of round arches resting on irregular columns which gather at the bottom of the underbowl; raised on a squat round base; considerable damage evident.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 12 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 76 cm [Enciclopedia has 77 cm]
Diameter (includes rim): 100 cm [Enciclopedia has 101 cm]
Basin Depth: 30 cm
Basin Total Height: 60 cm
Height of Base: 18 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 78 cm
Notes on Measurements: Nieto Taberné (1994)

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