Vindel

Results: 4 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

BBU01: design element - architectural - arch-head - round

Scene Description: over the tops of the ribs

LB01: design element - motifs - moulding

R01: design element - motifs - moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 16986VIN
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 near the provincial border with Guadalajara, 77 km from Cuenca capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, beneath the gallery
Century and Period: 13th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) as a baptismal font made of limestone and dated to the 13th century. The font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a moulding at the upper rim, and a ribbed pattern below, with round arch-heads incised at the top of the ribs; the later-date pedestal base is round-to-square with a ring moulding.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining

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