Bagues / Bagüés / Baguasse / Bahues / Baos

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design element - motifs - roll moulding
view of basin
view of church exterior - northwest end
view of church exterior - southeast view
view of church exterior - southeast view
view of church interior - apse
view of font
view of font in context
INFORMATION
FontID: 08154BAG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia parroquial de los Santos Julián y Basilisa
Church Patron Saints: St. Julian & St. Basilisa [of Antioque - martyrs - †308]
Church Location: 50685 Bagüés, Zaragoza
Country Name: Spain
Location: Zaragoza, Aragón
Directions to Site: Located N of the Pantano de la Peña (follow the A-2602 from Pintano and Larués; at Bailo follow the A-132); 10 km from Sigüés
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Jaca (Archidiócesis de Pamplona)
Historical Region: Cinco Villas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NW corner of the nave
Century and Period: 11th - 13th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Antonio García Omedes, of www.romanicoaragones.com, and to Mikel Unanue, for their photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: church built ca. 1080; important mural paintings uncovered in 1966 [cf. www.romanicoaragones.com/4-Cinco Villas/990474-Bagues.htm] [accessed 18 August 2013]
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Aragón (Zaragoza, 2010); baptismal font consisting of a plain roughly hemispherical basin raised on a short round stem with a thick roll-mouldings; on a square lower base; the upper rim of the basin retains two of the metal staples of an earlier cover. The Enciclopedia... (ibid.) notes one source dating it to the late 11th or early 12th century. There are two rural chapels nearby: Ermita de Paruela (medieval) and Ermita de Nuestra Señora del Pilar (16thC)
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 668674 4712586
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Aragón, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2010