Cuellar No. 2 / Cuéllar
Image copyright © Maria José Romero de la Villa, 2016
Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 July 2016)
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Maria José Romero de la Villa, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 September 2015 by Maria José Romero de la Villa
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 July 2016)
design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Maria José Romero de la Villa, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 September 2015 by Maria José Romero de la Villa
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 July 2016)
design element - patterns - ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Maria José Romero de la Villa, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 September 2015 by Maria José Romero de la Villa
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 July 2016)
design element - motifs - rope
Scene Description: framing the ribs on the sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Maria José Romero de la Villa, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 September 2015 by Maria José Romero de la Villa
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 July 2016)
view of church exterior in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cruccone, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 May 2013 by Cruccone [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cuellar_iglesia_SEsteban_torre.JPG] [accessed 15 July 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Maria José Romero de la Villa, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 September 2015 by Maria José Romero de la Villa
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 July 2016)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 20660CUE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Cognate Fonts: a font from the same workshop in the San Andrés church nearby
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban de Cuéllar
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Notes: mid-13thC mudéjar church; modified 15th-16thC
Church Address: C/ San Esteban 10, 40200 Cuéllar, Segovia, Spain
Site Location: Segovia, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the C-112, S of the A-610, 50 km SE of Valladolid, 60 NNW of Segovia capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Segovia
Historical Region: Tierra de Pinares
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Quique Segura [after the Enciclopedia del Románico en Castilla y León. Segovia Vol I, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2007, p. 587-593 [www.amigosdelromanico.org/inventario/fichas/espana/segovia/cuellar_sanesteban.html] [accessed 15 July 2016]: "La pila bautismal se encuentra a los pies de la nave norte; mide 112cm de diámetro y se decora con un bocel en la embocadura y gallones separados por sogueados. Esta pieza es obra del mismo taller que labró la pila de la cercana iglesia de San Andrés." Baptismal font of stone consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a moulding at the upper rim, and a ribbed pattern framed in a thin rope moulding all around; on a plain cylindrical base; two metal staples from an old cover remain at the upper rim, but there is no cover present now.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Maria José Romero de la Villa for her photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 390075 4584191
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.40175, -4.315053
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 24′ 6.3″ N, 4° 18′ 54.19″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]