Formigal / Ruesta
Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2008
Image and permission received (e-mail of 21/3/2005)
Results: 9 records
B01: symbol - chrismon
Scene Description: on the left side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph 2003 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 22/4/2003)
B02: symbol - cross - Latin
Scene Description: on the left side of the font, to the right of the chrismon
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Image Source: digital photograph 2003 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
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B03: symbol - chrismon
Scene Description: damaged upper part
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph 2003 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 22/4/2003)
R01: design element - motifs - groove - 3
Scene Description: a triple groove ruan all round the upper surface of the rim
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Image Source: digital photograph by Antonio García-Omedes [www.romanicoaragones.com]
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view of font - upper view
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Image Source: digital photograph by Antonio García-Omedes [www.romanicoaragones.com]
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view of font in context
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Image Source: digital photograph 2003 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 22/4/2003)
view of basin - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by Antonio García-Omedes [www.romanicoaragones.com]
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view of basin - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by Antonio García-Omedes [www.romanicoaragones.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 21/3/2005)
view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph 2003 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 22/4/2003)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08155RUE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia del Salvador de Basarán en Formigal
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): Jesus Christ
Previous Font Location(s): the font originally from the abandoned church at Ruesta, monasterio de San Juan de Maltray
Church Notes: The church of Our Saviour [Iglesia del Salvador] now at Formigal was originally in Basarán, towards Biescas, but was 'transplanted' in the 1960s to the present site at Formigal. The font itself is originally from the abandoned church at Ruesta. Ruesta had a church in 1125 but the present church, now in ruins is chiefly 16thC
Church Address: [NB: address & coordinates given for Ruesta] despoblado de Ruesta, 50685 Urriés, Zaragoza, Spain
Site Location: Huesca, Aragón, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Formigal is located near the border pass at El Portalet / Pourtalet, 28 km NNE of Jaca [Ruesta is now an abandoned village located on the A-137, on the S shore of the Pantano de Yesa]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Jaca
Historical Region: Cinco Villas
Additional Comments: MUST USE - HAVE IMAGE damaged font: the upper part of the front chrismon was damaged to fit the lock
Font Notes:
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Monolithic baptismal font of the 12th century. It is originally from the abandoned church at Ruesta. The font is a good early specimen of quadrangular vessel, slightly trapezoidal with the upper area a little wider than the bottom; the front side is ornamented with a chrismon inside a circle the upper part of which has been cut off by the indentation made for the lock [the lock is now missing]; the left side bears a similar chrismon in the centre of the panel, as well as a Latin cross inscised in the upper right corner; the right side and the back appear plain. Described In Art Medieval [https://www.artmedieval.net/castella/Espanya/Arago/san salvador basaran.htm] [accessed 31 May 2025]: "En el interior del templo se conserva una pila bautismal rectangular y gran tamaño. En las caras frontal e izquierdo vemos esculpido un crismón. En la cara derecha hay una cruz. También vemos una cruz, aunque muy simple, en la cara frontal. Procede del monasterio de San Juan de Maltray, en Ruesta."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, and to Antonio García-Omedes, of www.romanicoaragones.com, for their images of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 657875 4716925
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.5886, -1.0759
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 35′ 18.96″ N, 1° 4′ 33.24″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: rectangular, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Greek
Inscription Location: in the arms of the chrismons, on two of the sides of the basin
Inscription Text: [alpha-omega-chi-rho]
Inscription Source: Image Area
LID INFORMATION
Notes: The font must have had an early -though not original- mounted cover because the upper front side has an indentation made for the lock; this indentation must have been done later, otherwise the chrismon would have been carved either lower down or smaller