Villanueva de Guadamejud

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04990VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Advíncula [aka ad vincula]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter ad vincula
Church Notes: present church 16th and 18thC
Church Address: 16531 Villanueva de Guadamejud, Cuenca, Spain
Site Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the CUV-2123, about 50 km NW of Cuenca capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Cuenca
Historical Region: Tierras de Huete
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Nieto Taberné (2001) as a crude bucket-shaped Romanesque baptismal basin mounted on a very short cylindrical pedestal; the upper rim is ornamented with a double band of saw-tooth motif (or zig-zag), while the rest of the basin sides appear to have rather irregular incisions in zig-zag and geometric patterns. It is raised on a stumpy round base and it appears fairly battered, especially at the upper rim. Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) as a Romanesque font decorated with a band of zig-zag on the basin

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 542121 4452823
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.22477, -2.504918
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 13′ 29.17″ N, 2° 30′ 17.71″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

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. 201
  • Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, León: Ediciones Lancia, 2001, p. 70