Caserio Embid / Caserio Embid / Caserío de Embid

Results: 2 records

BBU01: design element - patterns - zigzag

BBU02: design element - motifs - flat moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 04985CAS
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora del Carmen [aka Iglesia de la Virgen del Carmen]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: This church is located in a private property, 9 km N of Cuenca capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, beneath the gallery
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Described in Nieto Taberné (2001) as a Romanesque font decorated with a band of incised zig-zag lines. Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) as a Romanesque font consistsing of a hemispherical basin decorated with a wide flat moulding at the upper rim bearing a band of zig-zag; the rest of the basin is plain; raised on a squat round moulded base.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining

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, León: Ediciones Lancia, 2001