Tribaldos

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LB01: design element - motifs - zigzag

Scene Description: all around the lower base

INFORMATION

FontID: 05000TRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: In the Tierra de Uclés, in the west of the province
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Nieto Taberné (2001: 72-73) as a lovely Romanesque baptismal font whose conical base is ornamented with a large zig-zag motif all around; the basin is hemispherical and totally plain..

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted) -- chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, León: Ediciones Lancia, 2001