Calladrons

INFORMATION

FontID: 04893CAL
Church/Chapel: Sant Jaume
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Country Name: Spain
Location: Huesca, Aragón
Directions to Site: Located just SE of Benabarre, about 85 kms from Huesca capital and 65 kms from Lerida
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Listed and illustrated in Gavín (1977, v. 2: B. Rib. 38) as a Romanesque holy-water stoup in the church of Sant Jaume; it has a hemispherical basin with a band of rectangles (?) on the basin side; the underbowl has rib-pattern incision. The base is slender and square, with painted (?) geometric patterns in a darker hue. There is a plain wooden cover. The object appears to be made of marble.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble?
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,

REFERENCES

Gavín, Josep M., Inventari d'esglésies [28+ vols.], Barcelona: Arxiu Gavín / Artestudi, 1977-