Albendea No. 2

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02441ALB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Romanesque
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: 16812 Albendea, Cuenca, Spain -- Tel.: +34 969 31 60 30
Site Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-320, 70 km from Cuenca capital [in El Infantado, in the N of the province, just E of the Rio San Juan, near the border with Guadalajara province]
Font Notes:
Noted in Nieto Taberné (1994) and (2001) as a Romanesque font. Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) as a baptismal font in the Romanesque tradition, but probably of later execution. The font consists of a hemispherical basin decorated with a roll moulding at the upper rim, and a slightly slanted ribbed pattern on the sides and underbowl; raised on a plain circular pedestal base

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.487411, -2.4184166
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 29′ 15″ N, 2° 25′ 6″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 11 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 100 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 122 cm
Basin Depth: 41 cm
Basin Total Height: 61 cm
Height of Base: 32 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 93 cm
Notes on Measurements: Nieto Taberné (1994: p. 452)

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. 124, 256, 293
  • Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, Cuenca: Estudio Museo, 1994, p. 452
  • Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, León: Ediciones Lancia, 2001, p. 17