Valdeganga de Cuenca

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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

design element - motifs - rope moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 02432VAL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santo Domingo de Silos
Church Patron Saints: St. Dominic of Silos
Church Location: Plaza Castilla la Mancha, 2, 16122 Valdeganga de Cuenca, Cuenca, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located between the N420 and CM2100, 25-30 km SW of Cuenca capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Described in Nieto Taberné (1994: 451) and (2001) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the basin is decorated with an arcade of blind arches on the sides and with a rope moulding at the upper rim.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted) -- chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 13 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 88 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 114 cm
Basin Depth: 36 cm
Basin Total Height: 51 cm
Height of Base: 31 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 82 cm
Notes on Measurements: Nieto Taberne (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