Jaca No. 1 / Chaca / Xaca
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Christ - monogram
Scene Description: the monogram has leafy endings
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design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: in pairs, on the chamfered surfaces of the basin
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02390JAC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 1999-06-17
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Museum: Museo Diocesano / in the former cloister of the Catedral de Jaca
Church / Chapel Name: [now in a museum; original church unknown]
Font Location in Church: In a museum
Church Notes: There are two other interesting entries in this museum [cf. entries for Jaca No. 2 & 3], one of which is a holy water stoup with half-ball motif ornamentation, and the cathedral's own [cf. entry for Jaca No. 4], a font still in place.
Church Address: Plaza de la Catedral, 1, 22700 Jaca, Huesca, Spain -- Tel.: +34 974 35 63 78
Site Location: Huesca, Aragón, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: The Museo Diocesano is housed in the former cloister of the Catedral de Jaca and has its entrance from the N nave of the cathedral.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Jaca
Historical Region: Jacetania
Font Notes:
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The cube-shaped basin is raised on a smaller rectangular block, but it is most likely that this base was not part of the font at all and is being used for display purposes only; the basin is very regular with all side and lower corners chamfered and ornamented with half-ball motif, two per side; one of the sides has also a large carving with the initials of Christ [NB: the Museum director/curator was not forthcoming with information regarding the origin of the fonts housed in it. Our request for information in the offices of the bishopry was equally unsuccessful, although the general understanding appears to be that all the fonts/stoups in the Museo Diocesano de Jaca [cf. another two entries in the Index] came originally from abandoned villages of the province of Huesca.]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 701154 4716092
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.5705, -0.549111
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 34′ 13.8″ N, 0° 32′ 56.8″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: rectangular, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 7-8 cm
Basin Depth: 33 cm
Basin Total Height: 58 cm
Height of Base: 24 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 82 cm
Square Base Dimensions: 41 x 53 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 63 x 54 cm (inside) and 79 x 69 cm (outside)
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: basin side
Inscription Text: "IHS" anagram/Christ's initials
Inscription Notes: The "S" is backwards
Inscription Source: BSI on-site