Valdemeca

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02435VAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: The font at Laguna del Marquesado, nearby, is said to be identical and made by the same hands. The font at La Almarcha, also nearby, is very similar, but its ornamentation is finer -probably later too- and done in lower relief. The font at Villaescusa de Haro is also similar [cf. FontNotes]
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 Address: Calle Belen, 4, 16152 Valdemeca, Cuenca, Spain
Site Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the Marquesado de Moya, E of Cuenca capital, towards the border with Valencia prov.
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Nieto Taberné (1994) and (2001) as a Romanesque font practically identical to the one at nearby Laguna del Marquesado; both have the same hemispherical basin (these rest directly on the ground) ornamented with a band of geometric motif resembling stars or flowers or, at a strech, even multi-armed crosses; the underbowl is ornamented with a blind arcade, the arches looking very Mozarabic. The same source [cf supra] informs that these fonts have been some times dated to the 11th century, though he believes it to be too early a date. [cf. Index entry for the fonts at Laguna del Marquesado and La Almarcha, both locations not very far from Valdemeca. Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009), which quotes a dating as early as the 11th century, suggests the fonts at Las Inviernas, La Miñosa and El Picazo, in Guadalajara province, as cognates.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 542878 4441199
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.224111, -1.743376
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 13′ 27″ N, 1° 44′ 36″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: chalice-shaped, hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 19 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 83 cm [Enciclopedia has 85 cm]
Diameter (includes rim): 121 cm [Enciclopedia has 120 cm]
Basin Depth: 37 cm [Enciclopedia has 38 cm]
Basin Total Height: 68 cm
Height of Base: 16 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 84 cm
Notes on Measurements: Nieto Taberné (1994: 451)

LID INFORMATION

Notes: metal staples at opposite ends of the upper rim

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. 317-318
  • Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2009, vol. 2: 539, 543
  • 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. 63