San Pedro Palmiches / San Pedro de Palmiches

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

R01: design element - motifs - flat moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 16983PAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Igleisa de San Pedro Ad Vincula
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter ad vincula
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located off the CM-310, and the N-320, 62 km N of Cuenca capital [Coordinates: 40° 26′ 0″ N, 2° 24′ 0″ W 40.433333, -2.4]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) as a baptismal font with a basin made of red limestone probably in the 13th century; roughly hemispherical basin with flat moulding at the upper rim, ribbed pattern below; on a modern polyigonal pedestal base. The Enciclopedia... (ibid.) notes similarities with the fonts at Albendea and Arandilla del Arroyo, and the one at nearby Vindel

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (reddish colour)
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 100 cm
Basin Depth: 33 cm
Basin Total Height: 68 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