Biota
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
![several on the sides of the basin [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1131007007_compressed.png)
Scene Description: several on the sides of the basin [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 November 2011 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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view of basin - interior
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 November 2011 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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view of church exterior - capital
Scene Description: one of the many beautiful Romanesque capitals of this church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Antonio García Omedes, 2011 [http://www.romanicoaragones.com/4-Cinco%20Villas/990475-Biota5.htm]
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view of church exterior - south portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 November 2011 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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view of church exterior - south portal - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 November 2011 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Antonio García Omedes, 2011 [http://www.romanicoaragones.com/4-Cinco%20Villas/990475-Biota5.htm]
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view of church exterior - west portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 November 2011 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 November 2011 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 November 2011 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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view of font
Scene Description: notice the large notch cut into the upper side; originally to fit the cover lock in
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 November 2011 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 November 2011 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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INFORMATION
FontID: 17220BIO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: 50695 Biota, Zaragoza
Country Name: Spain
Location: Zaragoza, Aragón
Directions to Site: Located in the Cinco Villas, S of Uncastillo and N of Ejea de Los Caballeros, E of Sádaba, 95 km from Zaragoza capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Jaca, Archidiócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Comarca de las Cinco Villas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in one of the chapels on the S side
Century and Period: 16th century, Renaissance
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Antonio García Omedes, of www.romanicoaragones.com, for his photographs of this church; we are also grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of church and font
Church Notes: excellent capitals, tympana, etc.,, with work by the Maestro de Agüero/San Juan de la Peña (in www.romanicoaragones.com/4-Cinco%20Villas/990475-Biota.htm)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a round tapering basin decorated with three large roll mouldings towards the top and one at the bottom; raised on a short round pedestal base; there is a large notch in the upper rim side to fit a lock for an old cover. The font is now located in one of the chapels off the nave, south side. [NB: the church goes back to the 12th century, but we have no information on its earlier medieval font].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.262278, -1.187083
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 15′ 44.2″ N, 1° 11′ 13.5″ W
UTM: 30T 649526 4680488
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (inside rim): 80 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 102 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 87 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [approximate measurements from photographs incorporating a tape in the images supplied by Mikel Unanue]
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]