Queixigar

INFORMATION

FontID: 08218QUE
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Maria / Església de Santa Maria
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Huesca, Aragón
Directions to Site: Located in the municpality of Monesma i Queixigar, SE of La Pobla de Roda (but access is from Graus or Benabarre/Benavarri, then off through Lasquarre/Lasquarri and on the winding road that leads to Castigaleu, then to Noguero and finally to Queixigar)
Font Location in Church: Outside the church, in the splanade behind the apse
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
An illustration of the exterior of the church of Santa Maria de Queixigar, in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XVI. :379), shows a bucket-shaped basin, probably medieval, now standing on a concrete (?) base on the splanade behind the church, NE side. The basin may have had ornamentation of some sort but it appears now very eroded. [NB: a photograph of this same location in http://www.lascuarre.net/catala/mapa/mapa.htm#Monesma shows the basin upside down on its base]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-