Monreal de Ariza

Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2004

Image and permission to reproduce recived (e-mail of June 2004)

Results: 5 records

B01: symbol - cross - Greek

Scene Description: several large ones all around the basin sides

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B02: symbol - cross - Greek - Maltese

Scene Description: several smaller ones, in the quarters of the larger crosses, all around the basin sides

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view of basin - interior

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view of basin's top

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 09788MON
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Zaragoza, Aragón
Directions to Site: Located just S of the E90-NII, about 20 km NE of Arcos de Jalón [UTM 30T 575084 4571578]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a chapel of the N side
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Antonio García Omedes of www.romanicoaragones.com for the photographs of this font]
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.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: tub-shaped (round)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
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