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
Font ID: 02451ARC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de la Natividad de Nuestra Señora [formerly known as Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Estrella]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, beneath the gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-320, 10 km S of Cuenca capital
Additional Comments: altered font: modern base ***GET PHOTO https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/cuenca_Arcas.pdf*** and https://www.arquivoltas.com/34-Cuenca/02-Arcas.htm
Font Notes:
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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. The entry for this church in Arquivoltas [https://www.arquivoltas.com/34-Cuenca/02-Arcas.htm] [accessed 28 November 2025] mentions and illustrates the two fonts in it: "Tiene la iglesia dos pilas. La interior está mejor conservada y ofrece una decoración de bocel sogueado en su borde superior, bajo el cual se desarrollan las molduras de tres hilos que forman un zig-zag; en la parte inferior del vaso los gajos verticales son menos pronunciados y toscos que los de la otra pila. En su parte superior se observa el bocel sogueado de la embocadura del vaso, bajo la que se desarrolla la decoración en zig-zag y el comienzo de los gajos inferiores."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 575556 4426856
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 39.988494, -2.115111
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 39° 59′ 18.58″ N, 2° 6′ 54.4″ W
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, p. 138, 142
- 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. 28