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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2004
Image Source: Antonio García Omedes [www.romanicoaragones.com]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received
INFORMATION
FontID: 08765CEN
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial
Country Name: Spain
Location: Huesca, Aragón
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A1205, in the Hoya de Huesca, 30-35 km WSW of Jaca, near Anzánigo
Font Location in Church: Half-built into the W wall
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in Antonio García Omedes [www.romanicoaragones.com] : baptismal font probably of the original date of the church, the 12th century; it is a plain roughly hemispherical basin now partly built into the west wall of the nave; it is fitted with a wooden covering of the "rim-buffet" type, opening to the front [We are grateful to Antonio García Omedes of www.romanicoaragones.com for his notes on and image of this object]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: "rim-buffet" type