Embid de Ariza / Embid Ariza
Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2011
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view of basin
Scene Description: as displayed now at the west end of the church, without its base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Antonio García Omedes [http://www.castillodeloarre.org/Zaragoza/990510-EmbidAriza1.htm]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Antonio García Omedes [http://www.castillodeloarre.org/Zaragoza/990510-EmbidAriza1.htm]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17223EMB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Embid Ariza
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: Pl. Mayor, 10, 50239 Embid de Ariza, Zaragoza, Spain
Site Location: Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-2501, 25-30 km WNW of Calatayud, 127 km WSW of Zaragoza capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Zaragoza
Historical Region: Comarca de Calatayud
Font Notes:
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Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Aragón (Zaragoza, vol. 1, 2010) as a the basin of a baptismal font probably from the old Romanesque church here; the round basin has plain and slightly tapering sides; the round upper part of the base forms part of this same block, but the rest of the base is missing. Noted and illustrated in García Omedes [http://www.castillodeloarre.org/Zaragoza/990510-EmbidAriza1.htm] who reports that the font used to be located beneath the now disappeared stairs to the upper gallery, but it is now located at the west end of the nave, without a base. Listed in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/zaragoza_Embid_de_Ariza.pdf] [accessed 9 September 2025]: "En el interior del templo, desprovisto en su estructura de cualquier alusión a su pasado románico, se haya [sic] una pila bautismal depositada en la parte de los pies. Su fábrica parece contemporánea a la primitiva iglesia románica. Se trata de una pieza monolítica de la que tan sólo queda la copa, de sección ligeramente troncocónica, desprovista de decoración y con el comienzo del pie de apoyo en su parte inferior."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Antonio García Omedes, of www.castillodeloarre.org, for his photograph of church and font. We are grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 585918 4581419
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.37971, -1.972484
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 22′ 46.96″ N, 1° 58′ 20.94″ W
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. 2: 290
- Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.