Gabas No. 1 / Gabás

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02648GAB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Santiago
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Address: C. Lorenzo Ferrer, 25, 22470 Gabás, Huesca, Spain
Site Location: Huesca, Aragón, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: About 30 kms west of Bonansa on the N-260, at Bisaurri, take the left turn smaller road; Gabas is 3 kms down that road.
Font Notes:
Romanesque pedestal font; below the upper rim it has a blind arcade simulating ribs on the basin side; the narrow cylindrical base has concave fluting from top to bottom as ornament. On the upper surface of the basin a metal brace for the font cover is visible (a/p ill. in Iglesias Costa, 1985 )

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.482919, 0.4905
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 28′ 58.51″ N, 0° 29′ 25.8″ E

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. 88