Hortizuela

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

BBU01: symbol - star - 6-point

INFORMATION

FontID: 02444HOR
Church/Chapel: Antigua Iglesia Parroquial de Hortizuela [in ruins]
Church Location: 16196 Villar de Olalla, Cuenca, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Abandoned hamlet site located in the municipality of Villar de Olalla, in the E side of the Obispalía, 23 km E of Cuenca capital
Font Location in Church: The font was inside the ruins of the church until after 2000; by 2009 it had been moved to a private residence
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Described in Nieto Taberné (1994) and (2001) as a Romanesque baptismal font now [1994-2001] half buried in the ruins of the old church [Hortizuela is an abandoned village]; the basin is rather shallow whose upper side is ornamented with a band of ornamentation including a six-point star or six-petal flower, and ribbed pattern below. The Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) reports that the font was moved to a private residence since Nieto Taberné's time.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 558523 4429150

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

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