Cozuelos de Fuentiduena / Cozuelos de Fuentidueña
Image copyright © Eugenio Chicharro Gutiérrez, 2008
Photograph and permission received (e-mail of 3 April 2008)
Results: 5 records
view of font and cover
design element - motifs - floral - in a circle
design element - motifs - nail-head
view of object
Scene Description: This is most likely the carrier base for a large sculpture that is taken out in procession on special occasions; it just happens to be kept on top of the font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eugenio Chicharro Gutiérrez, 2008
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Eugenio Chicharro, 2008
Copyright Instructions: Photograph and permission received (e-mail of 3 April 2008)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07811COZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: C. Pedrosa, 30, 40354 Cozuelos de Fuentidueña, Segovia, Spain
Site Location: Segovia, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SG-P-2131, 15-16 km E of Cuellar, about 55 km N of Segovia capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Segovia
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of the Romanesque period consisting of a large and roughly hemispheric basin raised on a squate round base and a wide plinth; the upper nbasin side has a band of encircled floral motis below which runs a row of nail-head motif; it appears otherwise plain but the are two protrusion on the lower base that may be badly damaged heads [NB: whether they were originally part of the base or not…] The wooden cover is flat, plain and round; modern [NB: an object located on the cover of the font is probably not part of it, but the processional carrying platform for one of the village religious statues]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Eugenio Chicharro, of Sebulcor, Segovia, for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 408409 4582785
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.391389, -4.095556
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 23′ 29″ N, 4° 5′ 44″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]