Canamares No. 1 / Cañamares
Results: 3 records
B01: design element - motifs - nail-head
Scene Description: a row
B02: design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2
Scene Description: widely spaced
R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
INFORMATION
FontID: 16957CAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Millán Abad
Church Patron Saints: St. Aemilian of Cogolla [aka Aemilianus, Emiliaus, Millán de la Cogolla]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located on the CM-210, 57 km from Cuenca capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the nave, by the main altar, against the N wall
Century and Period: 13th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) as a Romanesque font decorated with a roll moulding at the upper rim, and a row of nail-head motif below; two thin mouldings on the sides; raised on short round base of a later period. [cf. Index entry for Canamares No. 2 for a holy-water stoup in this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 102 cm*
Basin Total Height: 72 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 93 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