Casas de Pedro-Izquierdo / Pedro Izquierdo de Moya

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02447CAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Elena
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Helena
Church Address: Calle Iglesia, s/n., Casas de Pedro-Izquierdo, Cuwenca, Spain
Site Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N-330, in the municipality of Moya, an to the NE of Moya itself
Font Notes:
Noted in Nieto Taberné (1994): the basin tapers off to meet the thick base; ribbed, otherwise plain. Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) as a Romanesque font decorated with a ribbed pattern on the basin side

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 39.975625, -1.345230
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 39° 58′ 32″ N, 1° 20′ 43″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 7 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 71 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 85 cm
Basin Depth: 38 cm
Basin Total Height: 52 cm
Height of Base: 28 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 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, p. 148, 162
  • Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, Cuenca: Estudio Museo, 1994, p. 452