Alconchel de la Estrella

Results: 3 records
B01: symbol - cross - pattée - in a circle
B02: design element - motifs - floral - 6-petal - in a circle
INFORMATION
FontID: 05002ALC
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 - 14th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in Nieto Taberné (2001: 75) as a unique [in the area] Romanesque baptismal font whose quasi-cylindrical basin has its side ornamented with large circles in which there are pattee crosses, six-point stars and six-petal flowers; the motifs are large enough to occupy almost all the height of the basin side. The Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) notes the presence of the floral and cross motifs on the fonts at Alconchel de la Estrella, Arandilla del Arroyo, Arcas and Villanueva de los Escuderos.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: cylindrical (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
Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, León: Ediciones Lancia, 2001