Alcohujate

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 24028ALC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Natividad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Nativity of St. Mary
Church Address: C. la Iglesia, 18, 16537 Alcohujate, Cuenca, Spain
Site Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) of the N-320
Font Notes:
Noted in Nieto Taberné (1994). The basin of this Romanesque font has arch-like ribs and a border at top; decorated with zig-zag motif. Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) somewhat similar to the one at Castejón de Cuenca.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 15 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 76 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 107 cm
Basin Depth: 34 cm
Basin Total Height: 50 cm
Height of Base: 48 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm
Notes on Measurements: Nieto Taberné (1994)

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, p. 142, 172
  • Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, Cuenca: Estudio Museo, 1994, p. 451