Ribatajada

INFORMATION

FontID: 04987RIB
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located off the CM-2105, on the southern banks of the Rio Trabaque, 37 km N of Cuenca capital
Font Location in Church: By the entranceway
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Described in Nieto Taberné (2001) as a plain Romanesque font of red limestone and crude manufacture. The Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) reports the old font is now disused; the basin is located by the main entranceway serving as a planter; the base is kept separately. The modern font, with a hemispherical basin decorated with a patterned band all around, is located at the east end of the nave, south side, near the altar.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (red)
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 9 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 75 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 93 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009)]

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