Cuenca No. 1 / Kūnka / Qūnka
Image copyright © Cristina Sanchez, 2020
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 17 September 2020)
Results: 9 records
view of font in context
Scene Description: as displayed in the in the Museo de Cuenca
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cristina Sanchez, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2020 by Cristina Sanchez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 17 September 2020)
view of font
Scene Description: as displayed in the in the Museo de Cuenca
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken by David de la Garma [www.arteguias.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
design element - motifs - rope moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cristina Sanchez, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2020 by Cristina Sanchez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 17 September 2020)
design element - motifs - zigzag
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cristina Sanchez, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2020 by Cristina Sanchez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 17 September 2020)
design element - patterns - ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cristina Sanchez, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2020 by Cristina Sanchez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 17 September 2020)
design element - motifs - arris
Scene Description: between the ribs
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cristina Sanchez, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2020 by Cristina Sanchez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 17 September 2020)
view of context
![Source caption: " Excavaciones arqueológicos en la plaza de Mangana [...] espacio que en otros tiempos constituyó la alcazaba árabe, después el barrio judío y más adelante una zona repleta de casas solariegas. En la actualidad una espléndida plaza pública, denominada plaza de Mangana, integra los restos de una parte de la traza del palacio andalusí, la sinagoga judía y la iglesia de Santa María de Gracia" [www.guiaarqueologicaciudadespatrimonio.org/sites/default/cuenca/img/F. 60 Excavaciones plaza Mangana.JPG] [accessed 18 September 2020]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1200918027_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: " Excavaciones arqueológicos en la plaza de Mangana [...] espacio que en otros tiempos constituyó la alcazaba árabe, después el barrio judío y más adelante una zona repleta de casas solariegas. En la actualidad una espléndida plaza pública, denominada plaza de Mangana, integra los restos de una parte de la traza del palacio andalusí, la sinagoga judía y la iglesia de Santa María de Gracia" [www.guiaarqueologicaciudadespatrimonio.org/sites/default/cuenca/img/F. 60 Excavaciones plaza Mangana.JPG] [accessed 18 September 2020]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ayuntamiento de Cuenca, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph in the Ayuntamiento de Cuenca [www.guiaarqueologicaciudadespatrimonio.org/sites/default/cuenca/img/F. 60 Excavaciones plaza Mangana.JPG] [accessed 18 September 2020]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: view of the Plaza de Mangana in context. The archaeological site near the tower contains the remains of the Iglesia de Santa Maria de Gracia, formerly a medieval synagogue; it was converted for use as a Christian church in 1403.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © JucarAventura, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph in JucarAventura, 2020 [https://jucaraventura.es/turismo/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2020/04/DJI_0141-1536x1151.jpg] [accessed 18 Septemver 2020]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
information
Scene Description: museum panel on the origin and characteristics of the font exhibited within
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cristina Sanchez, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2020 by Cristina Sanchez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 17 September 2020)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16412CUE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1403?
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Museum: Museo de Cuenca
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Santa María de Gracia [disappeared]
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: disappeared church, demolished 1912, formerly a synagogue that was located in the medieval Jewry, later Barrrio de Santa Maria, Plaza de Mangana today
Church Address: [NB: address and coordinates are for the museum] Calle Obispo Valero, 12, 16001 Cuenca, Spain -- Tel.: +34 969 21 30 69
Site Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the CUV-9144, on the E banks of the Jucar river, about 120 km SSE of Madrid. The museum is in the centre of Cuenca, just S of the cathedral. The disappeared church was located in today's Plaza de Mangana
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Cuenca
Additional Comments: disused font / re-cycled font into a public fountain (the font was abandoned when the church was demolished in 1912; in 1939 used as fountain in the Parque de Santa Ana; donated by the Municipality to the Museo de Cuenca in 2006)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a hemispherical basin decorated with a thin rope moulding at the upper rim, with a wide zig-zag motif all arund below; the lower sides and underbowl are decorated with a pattern of very broad ribes with piping between them; squat round base that appears part of the basin block. The font was originally from the Iglesia de Santa María de Gracia, in Cuenca capital, originally a Jewish synagogue later converted to Christian church. The font is badly damaged, with parts of the basin missing. [NB: although in the Romanesque style of font design the former synagogue only became a Christian church in 1403, to which date the font is believed to belong.]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David de la Garma, of www.arteguias.com, and to Cristina Sanchez for their photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 574298 4436756
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.0778, -2.1286
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 4′ 40.08″ N, 2° 7′ 42.96″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining