Valdeganga de Cuenca

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02432VAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santo Domingo de Silos
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Dominic of Silos
Church Address: Plaza Castilla la Mancha, 2, 16122 Valdeganga de Cuenca, Cuenca, Spain
Site Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located between the N420 and CM2100, 25-30 km SW of Cuenca capital
Font Notes:
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: chalice-shaped, hemispheric, mounted
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, p. 451
  • Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, León: Ediciones Lancia, 2001