Bonilla
INFORMATION
FontID: 02443BON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: C. Huertos, 14, 16540 Bonilla, Cuenca, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located 15 km from Huete, 50 km fromn Cuebca capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Noted in Nieto Taberné (1994). The Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) 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: 40.1931, 2.5506
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 40° 11′ 35″ N, 2° 33′ 2″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 14 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 83 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 111 cm
Basin Depth: 29 cm
Basin Total Height: 46 cm
Height of Base: 43 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 89 cm
Notes on Measurements: Nieto Taberne, 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
Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, Cuenca: Estudio Museo, 1994