Ainielle
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Luis Jaime, 2010
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 4 January 2000 by Luis Jaime [http://ljaime.com[
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font in context
Scene Description: in the ruins of the abandoned church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Luis Jaime, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 January 2000 by Luis Jaime [http://ljaime.com[
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - northwest view?
Scene Description: the ruins of the abandoned church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Luis Jaime, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 January 2000 by Luis Jaime [http://ljaime.com[
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16824AIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Evangelista [San Miguel?]
Font Location in Church: Inside the ruined church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Evangelist [St. Michael?]
Church Notes: some sources give the dedication as San Miguel
Church Address: 22630 Biescas, Huesca, Spain
Site Location: Huesca, Aragón, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Abandoned village located off (E) the Barranco de Ainielle, near Olibán / Oliván, about 10 km ENE of Sabiñánigo, 14 km from Biescas, its municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Barbastro-Monzón
Historical Region: Alto Gállego
Additional Comments: disused font / damaged font -- emailed website owner req'g permit to repro images (31 July 2010)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a short and broad cylindrical stem, both plain. The upper rim of the basin is damaged. The font is built into an alcove of the wall. The church is in ruins and the font is exposed to the elements.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Luis Jaime, of http://ljaime.com, for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 736555 4716790
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round