Charo / Iaro / Jaro
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02647CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (?), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church in the NW corner
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: 13thC church
Church Address: 22336 Charo, Huesca, Spain
Site Location: Huesca, Aragón, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of La Fueva, in Sobrarbe, off the N-260, just E of the Embalse de Mediano; access from the C-140 to/from Tierrantona
Historical Region: Sobrarbe
Font Notes:
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Romanesque pedestal font; the basin is ribbed to just under the rim; the base is square, with the middle part trimmed off somewhat, giving it a prismatic look, wider at top and bottom (ill . in Iglesias Costa, 1985 )
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Iglesias Costa, Manuel, Arquitectura románica, siglos X-XI, XII, XIII, Barcelona: Akribos, 1985, ill. on p. 23