Villanova

INFORMATION

FontID: 02670VIL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Santa María

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary

Church Location: Ctra. de la, 7, 22467 Villanova, Huesca, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Huesca, Aragón

Directions to Site: In the Valle de Benasque; accessible via the C-139.

Font Location in Church: In a niche

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Cognate Fonts: Sahún, also in Huesca, Spain

Font Notes: Click to view

Hemispherical basin ornamented with ribs which are framed in thick round lines resembling an arcade. The base is shaped like a bulbous vase, bulging at the bottom (description based on ill. in Iglesias Costa, 1985 )

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.546677, 0.462086

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 32′ 48.04″ N, 0° 27′ 43.51″ E

UTM: 31T 291776 4713895

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Font Shape: pedestal font

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Iglesias Costa, Manuel, Arquitectura románica, siglos X-XI, XII, XIII, Barcelona: Akribos, 1985