Hontecillas

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

LB01: design element - motifs - moulding

R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 02442HON
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Romeral
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: 16118 Hontecillas, Cuenca, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located on the slopes of the Sierra del Monje, on eastern banks of the Embalse de Alarcon, SW of the town of Cuenca
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the nave, S side [moved from the W end recently]
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Described in Nieto Taberné (1994) and (2001): baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the basin is ornamented with deep ribbed pattern on the sides, and a roll moulding at the upper rim. Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) with date probably ijn the 13th century. The Enciclopedia... (ibid.) refers to Nieto Taberné’s comparison to the fonts at Arandilla del Arroyo, Bonilla, Hontecillas and Pajaroncillo, probably in reference to the ribbed pattern and upper rim moulding.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 39.692921, -2.187044
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 39° 41′ 34,52″ N, 2°11′13.36″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 15 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 84 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 115 cm [Enciclopedia has 112]
Basin Depth: 31 cm
Basin Total Height: 48 cm
Height of Base: 45 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 93 cm [Enciclopedia has 98 cm]
Notes on Measurements: Nieto Taberné (1994: 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
Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, Cuenca: Estudio Museo, 1994
Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, León: Ediciones Lancia, 2001