Barues / Barués

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B01: design element - motifs - piping or ribbed - 4

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BBL01: design element - motifs - scallop - 8

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view of font

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view of basin - interior

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view of church exterior - southeast end

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 17218BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: the fonts at Sos del Rey Católico and Navardún, in the same area
Church / Chapel Name: Ermita de Santa Te de Barués
Font Location in Church: Inside the rural chapel in Barués, at the W end, N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Previous Font Location(s): originally from the church at Camporreal
Church Notes: church dedicated to St. Mary: " La advocación formal de la Virgen es la de Nuestra Señora de Barués, por ser este el lugar de su veneración y por haber aparecido en el término del mismo nombre, pero los habitantes de Barués siguieron reconociéndola como la Virgen que apareció en el lugar de Santa Fe. Hasta aquí la tradición popular. El cambio de “Fe” por “Te” no es sino por una errónea transcripción ortográfica" [https://villadesosdelreycatolico.blogspot.com] [accessed 9 September 2025]
Church Address: 50596 Barués, Zaragoza, Spain
Site Location: Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located about 12 km S of Sos del Rey Católico -- Barués is an abandoned village, but the Ermita has been restored recently
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Zaragoza
Historical Region: Cinco Villas
Additional Comments: moved font
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: "La ermita conserva una pila bautismal que procede del templo arruinado de Camporreal desde donde, por donación de su propietario, llegó a barués. Es una réplica formalmente muy cercana a la que hay en la iglesia de Sos del rey Católico, siendo esta última a su vez muy similar a la de Navardún. Consta de basamento octogonal que crece a manera de pétalos de remate curvo, sobre el cual e sitúa la copa cuadrilobulada tanto al interior como al exterior, con baquetones verticales de interior cóncavo en los encuentros."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Antonio García Omedes, of www.arquivoltas.com, for his photographs of church and font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 647104 4699138
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.43062, -1.21168
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 25′ 50.23″ N, 1° 12′ 42.05″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: quatrefoil
Basin Interior Shape: quatrefoiled
Basin Exterior Shape: quatrefoiled
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
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, Zaragoza, vol. 1: 158
  • Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.