Barbalimpia

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02448BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early?), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, S side, beneath the gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Site Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the CUV-7043, in the E side of the Obispalía, at the foot of the Afiladers peak, 23 km E of Cuenca capital
Font Notes:
Described in Nieto Taberné (1994) and (2001) as having a ribbed basin; crude design and execution. Noted and illustrated [drawing] in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) as a Romanesque font decorated with a ribbed pattern topped with a band of round arch-heads; on a squat round base

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 18 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 84 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 121 cm [the Enciclopedia has 118 cm]
Basin Depth: 40 cm
Basin Total Height: 68 cm
Height of Base: 25 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 93 cm [the Enciclopedia has 91 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, p. 148
  • 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. 45