Betesa
Results: 3 records
B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind
Scene Description: all around the basin sides
BBU: design element - motifs - roll moulding - 2
Scene Description: on the upper rim of the basin
BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: all round the underbowl
INFORMATION
FontID: 04897BET
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Joan Evangelista
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Evangelist
Country Name: Spain
Location: Huesca, Aragón
Directions to Site: Betesa is located about 10 km SW of El Pont de Suert, itself accessible from the N-II from Barcelona or from the A-2 and then the A-230.
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a niche, cemented to the wall
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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Listed and illustrated in Gavín (1977, v. 2: A. Rib. 51) as a Romanesque baptismal font in the church of Sant Joan Evangelista, in the municipality of Betesa. The hemispheric basin has a double roll-moulding (?) at the upper rim; a blind arcade ornaments the basin side; the underbowl has a pattern of ribs; the base is plain, in the shape of truncated cone. Flat wooden cover with hinges about 2/3 back. Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XVI: 312-313).
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 8.5 - 9 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 54 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 71.5 cm
Basin Total Height: 38 cm
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XVI: 313)
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain
REFERENCES
Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-
Gavín, Josep M., Inventari d'esglésies [28+ vols.], Barcelona: Arxiu Gavín / Artestudi, 1977-