Monreal de Ariza
Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2004
Image and permission to reproduce recived (e-mail of June 2004)
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B01: symbol - cross - Greek
Scene Description: several large ones all around the basin sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Antonio García Omedes [www.romanicoaragones.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission to reproduce recived (e-mail of June 2004)
B02: symbol - cross - Greek - Maltese
Scene Description: several smaller ones, in the quarters of the larger crosses, all around the basin sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Antonio García Omedes [www.romanicoaragones.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission to reproduce recived (e-mail of June 2004)
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Antonio García Omedes [www.romanicoaragones.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission to reproduce recived (e-mail of June 2004)
view of basin - interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Antonio García Omedes [www.romanicoaragones.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission to reproduce recived (e-mail of June 2004)
view of basin's top
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Antonio García Omedes [www.romanicoaragones.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission to reproduce recived (e-mail of June 2004)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09788MON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a chapel of the N side
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: Calle Iglesia, 17, 50291 Monreal de Ariza, Zaragoza, Spain
Site Location: Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located just S of the E90-NII, about 20 km NE of Arcos de Jalón, 132 km from Zaragoza capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Zaragoza
Additional Comments: disused font
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in LA GUÍA DIGITAL DEL ARTE ROMÁNICO [https://www.romanicoaragones.com/6-Zaragoza/990510-MonrealdeAriza1.htm] [accessed 10 August 2025]: "bella pila bautismal contemporánea de la edificación del templo [...]. Luce decoración en bajorrelieve a base de repetición del mismo motivo: una gran cruz de brazos iguales, a modo de escudo entra barras verticales, en cuyos cuarteles hay cuatro pequeñas crucecitas (La Cruz de Jerusalén, distintiva de los caballeros del Santo Sepulcro). Sumado a la existente en la portada y a la querencia de Alfonso I por las Órdenes Militares se siente vibrar todavía por aquí el espíritu de los Caballeros Templarios." Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Aragón (Zaragoza, vol. 2, 2010). Tub-shaped baptismal font decorated with large Greek crosses and smaller Maltese ones in the quarters. The font rests directly on the floor; a crude wooden lid covers the basin ; there is debris inside the basin showing the font is now [June 2004] out of use.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Antonio García Omedes of www.romanicoaragones.com for information on, and the photographs of this font. We are also grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 575084 4571578
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.290941, -2.105106
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 17′ 27.39″ N, 2° 6′ 18.38″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: vat-shaped, round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: [there appears to be a centre drain hole but the basin is full of debris]
Rim Thickness: 13 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 92 cm [calculated]
Diameter (includes rim): 118 cm*
Basin Total Height: 77 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Enciclopedia del románico en Aragón (Zaragoza, vol. 2, 2010)]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: plain and flat
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: 467, 468