Caserio Embid / Caserio Embid / Caserío de Embid / Embid de Cuebca

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04985CAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora del Carmen [aka Iglesia de la Virgen del Carmen]
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
Church Address: c/ Iglesia, S/N, 16146 Cuenca, Cuenca, Spain
Site Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the CM-2105-CM-2110 crossroads. This church is located in a private property, 9 km N of Cuenca capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Cuenca
Font Notes:
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.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 572786 4443302
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.1369, -2.1456
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 8′ 12.84″ N, 2° 8′ 44.16″ W

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, p. 142, 201
  • Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, León: Ediciones Lancia, 2001, p. 31