Ainzon / Ainzón
Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2007
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view of basin - interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by Antonio García Omedes. of www.romaicoaragones.com, 2007
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by Antonio García Omedes. of www.romaicoaragones.com, 2007
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font - elevation
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2007
Image Source: drawing by Antonio García Omedes. of www.romaicoaragones.com, 2007
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 13081AIN
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Piedad
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Zaragoza, Aragón
Directions to Site: In the Campo de Borja area, on the Aragonese side of the Moncayo (take the N232 from Zaragoza to the N122, then on to Ainzon]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font consisting of a large hemispherical basin raised on a round moulded squat base; the basin appears cover in a thick coat of dark paint. Antonio García Omedes [cf. infra] informs BSI [e-mail of 24 Aug 2007] that local sources believe the round plinth is now buried in the present flooring [NB: the present bulding is probably 17th- or 18th-century, but the fonts is from the earlier church]. [We are grateful to Antonio García Omedes. of www.romanicoaragones.com, for his information on, and photographs of this font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 10 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 78 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 98 cm
Basin Depth: 42 cm
Basin Total Height: 59 cm
Height of Base: 26 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 85 cm
Font Height (with Plinth): unknown -- plinth buried underground
Notes on Measurements: measurements courtesy of Antonio García Omedes [www.romanicoaragones.com]