Gabas No. 2 / Gabás
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02649GAB
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Santiago
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, just inside the entrance
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:
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A Romanesque holy-water stoup; it matches the baptismal font in shape and ornamentation, probably made of the same stone as well. The basin has a blind arcade simulating ribs; narrow, tall cylindrical pedestal on a small square plinth (a/p il. 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 stoup
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Iglesias Costa, Manuel, Arquitectura románica, siglos X-XI, XII, XIII, Barcelona: Akribos, 1985, p. 89