Ribatajadilla

Results: 2 records

LB01: design element - motifs - torus

R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 16982RIB
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located off the CU-V-9118, 4 km from Ribatajada, in the municipality of Sotorribas, 40 km N ofCuenca capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the nave, N side, by the main altar
Century and Period: , Medieval
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) as a baptismal font made of limestone and similar to the one at Fuetescusa, but of a later date; the round basin is plain but for a roll moulding at the rim; raised on a plain cylindrical pedestal base and a moulded plinth.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 14 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 73 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 101 cm*
Basin Depth: 30 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009)]