Gabas No. 2 / Gabás

INFORMATION

FontID: 02649GAB
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Santiago
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Church Location: C. Lorenzo Ferrer, 25, 22470 Gabás, Huesca, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Huesca, Aragón
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 Location in Church: Inside the church, just inside the entrance
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.482919, 0.4905
Church 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