Canias / Caniás
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design element - motifs - X motif
Scene Description: [NB: the 'X' like carved on the right side may be a later re-carving]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph Antonio García Omedes [www.romanicoaragones.com/0-Jacetania/56-Canias.htm] [accessed 25 June 2020]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph Antonio García Omedes [www.romanicoaragones.com/0-Jacetania/56-Canias.htm] [accessed 25 June 2020]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received
INFORMATION
FontID: 08761CAN
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Apóstol
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Calle de la Iglesia, 7, 22713 Caniás, Huesca, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Huesca, Aragón
Directions to Site: Located off the A2605, about 10 km WNW of Jaca and in its municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Jaca
Historical Region: Jacetania
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Antonio García Omedes of www.romanicoaragones.com for his notes on and image of this object
Church Notes: 12thC church
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in Antonio García Omedes' entry for this church [www.romanicoaragones.com/0-Jacetania/56-Canias.htm] [accessed 25 June 2020]: "A los pies de la nave se halla la pila bautismal; sin ninguna decoración". Baptismal font consisting of a large cylindrical basin mounted on a short cylindrical pedestal, both plain [NB: there is an 'X' like on one of the sides; it may be a later re-carving]. No cover present. Font located at the west end of the nave.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
42.599722,
-0.608333
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
42° 35′ 59″ N,
0° 36′ 30″ W
UTM: 30T 696163 4719244
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round