Urries / Urriés

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Results: 7 records
B01: design element - motifs - floral - 6-petal - in a circle
B02: symbol - cross - pattée - in a circle
B03: unfinished
B04: symbol - cross - Greek - in a circle
BBU01: inscription
LB04: design element - motifs - ball - 4
INFORMATION
FontID: 08762URR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Country Name: Spain
Location: Zaragoza, Aragón
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
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
Date: 1241
Century and Period: 13th century (mid), Late Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Antonio García Omedes of www.romanicoaragones.com for his photographs of this font
Font Notes:
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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.
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