Plan No. 1

INFORMATION

Font ID: 02658PLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Esteban
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, wall-mounted, in a corner
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Address: Calle de la iglesia, s/n, 22367 Plan, Huesca, Spain
Site Location: Huesca, Aragón, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-2609, between the A-138 (W) and the A-139 (E), S of the French border
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Barbastro–Monzón
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Iglesias Costa (1985) as an early font now cemented to a corner. The basin appears to have some signs incised or scratched on its surface, but they could have been done later; these are identified in Monumentalnet https://www.monumentalnet.org/monumento.php?r=HU-182000200-PLA-IGL-STO-EST&n=Iglesia+de+San+Esteban] [accessed 25 February 2025] as incisions on the basin and two shields on the base ["pila bautismal, formada por un gran vaso circular con grabados y un pie con dos escudos"].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 281429 4717806
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.581389, 0.337778
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 34′ 53″ N, 0° 20′ 16″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood

REFERENCES

  • Iglesias Costa, Manuel, Arquitectura románica, siglos X-XI, XII, XIII, Barcelona: Akribos, 1985, vol.I/2, ill. on p. 259