Cuevas Labradas

INFORMATION

FontID: 02639CUE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Cuevas Labradas

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: 19392 Cuevas Labradas, Guadalajara, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha

Directions to Site: Located off (S) the CM-2015, about 20 km W of Molina de Aragon.

Historical Region: Señorío de Molina-Alto Tajo

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Ruiz Montejo (1992): a crudely carved baptismal font ornamented with round arches; in the opinion of the authors, it could very well be a later work done by a local hand following the Romanesque style of the area.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 576655 4517215

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Font Shape: round

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Ruiz Montejo, Inés, Herencia del románico en Guadalajara, Ciudad Real: Servicio de Publicaciones, Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, 1992