Canalejas del Arroyo

INFORMATION

Font ID: 02437CAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in one of two chapels at the W end of the nave, beneath the gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: C. Cuenca, 2, 16857 Canalejas del Arroyo, Cuenca, Spain -- Tel.: +34 969 31 50 54
Site Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the CM-310, 55 km from Cuenca capital (dir. Guadalajara)
Font Notes:
Described in Nieto Taberné (1994). Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009), with reference to Nieto Taberné [cf. supra] regarding the unfinished look of the font, though theEnciclopedia… (ibid.) suggests that the unfinished font may have been meant for a blind spot; hemispherical basin decorated with a roll moulding at the upper rim, and zig-zag motif all around just below it; part of the sides are decorated with a blind arcade of round arches on columns with capitals; on a plain squat round base.

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.36888, -2.494166
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 22′ 8″ N, 2° 29′ 39″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 22 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 100 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 145 cm [Enciclopedia has 143 cm]
Basin Depth: 45 cm
Basin Total Height: 66 cm
Height of Base: 18 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 84 cm [Enciclopedia has 85 cm]
Notes on Measurements: Nieto Taberne (1994); Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009)

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. 142, 153-154, 174, 315
  • Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, Cuenca: Estudio Museo, 1994, p. 451