Arcas No. 2

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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

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BBU01: design element - patterns - zigzag

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R01: design element - motifs - rope

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02451ARC
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de la Natividad de Nuestra Señora [formerly known as Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Estrella]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located off the N-320, 10 km S of Cuenca capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, beneath the gallery
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Noted in Nieto Taberné (1994) and (2001). Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) as a Romanesque font, one of two in this church, and probably later than the other one; the hemispherical basin is decorated with a rope moulding at the upper rim, and a band of three-strand zig-zag below; the sides and underbowl are covered in a ribbed pattern with thin piping between the broad ribs; raised on a round-to-square squat base of late date.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 39.988494, -2.115111
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 39° 59′ 18.58″ N, 2° 6′ 54.4″ W
UTM: 30T 575556 4426856

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 19 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 94 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 132 cm
Basin Depth: 43 cm
Basin Total Height: 62 cm
Height of Base: 39 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 101 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