Frontera No. 2 / La Frontera
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Image and permission received (email 12/9/2003)
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design element - motifs - semicircle
Scene Description: all around
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Image Source: digital photograph September 2023 by Angels Majó Rais
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (email 12/9/2003)
design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Angels Majó Rais, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph September 2023 by Angels Majó Rais
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (email 12/9/2003)
view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Angels Majó Rais, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph September 2023 by Angels Majó Rais
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (email 12/9/2003)
design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: inscribed in the arches of the arcade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Angels Majó Rais, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph September 2023 by Angels Majó Rais
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (email 12/9/2003)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08734FRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Andrés Apóstol en La Frontera
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted, inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Notes: 13thC church
Church Address: 16144 La Frontera, Cuenca, Spain
Site Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the CM-210, 50-55 km N of Cuenca capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Cuenca
Font Notes:
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Holy-water stoup that appears to match the material, style and ornamentation of the baptismal font in this church, therefore medieval, probably Romanesque. The wall-mounted stoup is hemispheric and, like the font, bears two levels of decoration on its sides; unlike the font, however, the upper basin side is ornamented with semi-circular motifs all around, while the underbowl carries the same blind arcade st the font, inscrbing thick ribs within the arches. -- [cf. Index entry for La Frontera No. 1 for a matching (?) baptismal font in the same church]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Angels Majó Rais and to Montserrat Estela, of Barcelona, Spain, for the images of and information on this stoup
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 566118 4472693
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.402222, -2.220833
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 24′ 8″ N, 2° 13′ 15″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric, wall mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round