Canamares No. 2 / Cañamares

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 16958CAN
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Millán Abad, Cañamares
Font Location in Church: At the entrance of the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Aemilian of Cogolla [aka Aemilianus, Emiliaus, Millán de la Cogolla]
Church Address: C. Palacio, 2, 16890 Cañamares, Cuenca, Spain -- Tel.: +34 969 31 00 05
Site Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the CM-210, 57 km N of Cuenca capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Cuenca
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) as a holy-water stoup of quatrefoil shape, both inside and out, with ribbed pattern on the sides, raised on a pedestal base. Work of a late period, but sharing the decorative motifs. No date given but probably in the Gothic period.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 564440 4478007
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.450226, -2.240065
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 27′ 0.82″ N, 2° 14′ 24.23″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: quatrefoil, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: quatrefoil
Basin Exterior Shape: quatrefoil
Basin Total Height: 24 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 92 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, p. 155-156