Urries / Urriés

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B01: design element - motifs - floral - 6-petal - in a circle

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B02: symbol - cross - pattée - in a circle

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B03: unfinished

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B04: symbol - cross - Greek - in a circle

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BBU01: inscription

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LB04: design element - motifs - ball - 4

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 08762URR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1241
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (mid), Late Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban de Urriés
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a S side chapel [Capilla de Santa Barbara] situated by the original entrance that is now open in the S wall
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Notes: 12th-13thC churc h; modified 16th, 17thC
Church Address: C. Medio, 19, 50685 Urriés, Zaragoza, Spain
Site Location: Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located at the crossroads of the A1601 and the A2603, 10 km ENE of Sos del Rey Católico, in the Cinco Villas area
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Zaragoza
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Aragón (Zaragoza, 2010) and García Omedes [www.romanicoaragones.com]. Baptismal font consisting of a hemispherical basin ornamented with several symbols inscribed in circles, among them: a 6-petal flower, a potent (?) cross; [?]; a Greek cross; the base is cylindrical at the top and square at the bottom, with a ball at each angle; round plinth. There is a Latin inscription on the rim with the date 1279 of the 'era hispana', that is 1241 A.D.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Antonio García Omedes of www.romanicoaragones.com for his photographs of this font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 653652 4709117
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.519167, -1.129444
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 31′ 9″ N, 1° 7′ 46″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: below the upper rim, all arround
Inscription Text: "ERA : M : CC : LXX : VIIII : AN[no] D[omini] : Mº : CCº : XLº : Iº"
Inscription Source: Enciclopedia del románico en Aragón (Zaragoza, 2010: vol. 2: 728)

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, Zaragoza, vol. 2: 728