Olmedila de Alarcon No. 2 / Olmedilla de Alarcón

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal

UB01: design element - motifs - piping

INFORMATION

FontID: 16980OLM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Igelsia Parroquial de San Pedro y San Pablo
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located off the CM-2000, at the SE end of the Embalse de Alarcon, 80 km SW of the town of Cuenca
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009), which notes that this font was originally from the nearby village of Gascas de Alarcón; roughly hemispherical basin decorated with deeply-cut diagonal ribs, raised on a circular pedestal base decorated with piping. The Enciclopedia... [ibid.] notes Salmeroncillo de Arriba and Albendea as somewhat related to this font, and remarks that Nieto Taberné found a later model of this font in the one at Villagarcía del Llano.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 94 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 98 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