Ainsa No. 1 / Aínsa / Civitas Ainse
Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2003
Permission received
Results: 6 records
view of font - right side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph taken in September 2003 by Javier Torrens for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Permission received
view of font - left side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph taken in September 2003 by Javier Torrens for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Permission received
view of basin - interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Maribel Nogueira, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 August 2013 by Maribel Nogueiras
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 7 September 2013)
view of basin's top
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by Antonio García-Omedes [www.romanicoaragones.com]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (e-mail of 16/9/2003)
view of church exterior - southwest end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken by David de la Garma Ramírez [www.arteguias.com/huesca/ainsa.htm] [accessed 8 September 2013]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Maribel Nogueira, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 August 2013 by Maribel Nogueiras
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 7 September 2013)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08728AIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial [antigua colegiata] de Santa María de Aínsa [aka La Asunción]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, SW corner of the nave, beneath the gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: church started 11th but consecrated 1181; much modified since
Church Address: c./ Sta. Cruz, 12, 22330 Aínsa, Huesca, Spain
Site Location: Huesca, Aragón, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-260 / A-138, 120 km ENE of Huesca capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Huesca y Jaca
Historical Region: Comarca del Sobrarbe
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/HUESCA_Ainsa.pdf] [accessed 27 July 2022] mentions a crude Romanesque font: "Bajo el coro, en la esquina suroccidental de la nave, una tosca y sencilla pila bautismal románica de forma circular." On-site notes: medieval baptismal font, probably of the Romanesque period; monolithic hemispherical basin devoid of ornamentation except for a faint line marking the underbowl on the outside; it rests directly on the ground; there appears to have a centre drain but it now plugged.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Antonio García-Omedes, of www.romanicoaragones.com, Javier Torrens and Maribel Nogueiras for their photographs of this font; we are also grateful to David de la Garma, of www.arteguis.com, for his photograph of this church
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 264572 4700069
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin?
Drainage Notes: there appears to have a centre drain but it now plugged -- no lining