Jaca No. 1 / Chaca / Xaca

Results: 3 records

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Christ - monogram

Scene Description: the monogram has leafy endings

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 17 June 1999 by BSI

design element - motifs - ball

Scene Description: in pairs, on the chamfered surfaces of the basin

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 17 June 1999 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 17 June 1999 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 02390JAC

Museum and Inventory Number: Museo Diocesano / in the former cloister of the Catedral de Jaca

Church/Chapel: [now in a museum; original church unknown]

Church Location: Plaza de la Catedral, 1, 22700 Jaca, Huesca, Spain -- Tel.: +34 974 35 63 78

Country Name: Spain

Location: Huesca, Aragón

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 Location in Church: In a museum

Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Gothic

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.

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.5705, -0.549111

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 34′ 13.8″ N, 0° 32′ 56.8″ W

UTM: 30T 701154 4716092

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: rectangular (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: rectangular

Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular

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 Notes: The "S" is backwards

Inscription Location: basin side

Inscription Text: "IHS" anagram/Christ's initials

Inscription Source: BSI on-site