Canamares No. 2 / Cañamares
INFORMATION
FontID: 16958CAN
Object Type: Stoup
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: At the entrance of the church
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Font Notes:
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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.
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