Barues / Barués

Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2011
Standing permission
Results: 5 records
B01: design element - motifs - piping or ribbed - 4
BBL01: design element - motifs - scallop - 8
view of basin - interior
view of church exterior - southeast end
INFORMATION
FontID: 17218BAR
Church/Chapel: Ermita de Santa Te [originally from the church at Camporreal]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Zaragoza, Aragón
Directions to Site: Located 7 km S of Sos del Rey Católico [UTM 30T 647183 4699436] -- Barués is an abandoned village, but the Ermita has been restored recently
Font Location in Church: Inside the rural chapel in Barués, at the W end, N side
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: the fonts at Sos del Rey Católico and Navardún, in the same area
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Antonio García Omedes, of www.arquivoltas.com, for his photographs of church and font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Aragón (Zaragoza, vol. 1, 2010) as a replica of the fonts at Sos del Rey Católico and Navardún, in the same area: the basin is quatrefoiled inside and out at the top, but octafoiled at the bottom, with four thick piping reaching up to the upper rim. The Enciclopedia... (ibid.) reports that this font is originally from the church at Camporreal, now in ruins.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: quatrefoiled
Basin Interior Shape: quatrefoiled
Basin Exterior Shape: quatrefoiled
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: there may have been staple marks in the upper rim, but they appear to be cemented on now
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