Canizares in Cuenca / Cañizares

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

BBU01: design element - architectural - arch-head - horseshoe

R01: design element - motifs - moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 16938CAN
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santiago Apóstol
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located 66 km from Cuenca capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the nave, by the main altar
Century and Period: 13th century (late?) [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) as a late-Romanesque baptismal font consisting of a quasi-cylindrical basin raised on a later pedestal base; the decoration of the basin is of crude workmanship, a moulding at the upper rim, a ribbed pattern below, topped with band of horseshoe arch-heads; the later base is round with a square lower base.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 82 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 83 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009)]

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