Uncastillo No. 3 / Uncastiello

Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2011
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Results: 9 records
R01: design element - motifs - moulding
view of church exterior - northwest view
view of church exterior - west façade
view of church exterior - west façade - detail
view of church exterior - west portal
view of church interior - baptistery
view of church interior - chancel
view of font
INFORMATION
FontID: 17227UNC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Maria
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Zaragoza, Aragón
Directions to Site: Located between Ejea de los Caballeros and Sos del Rey Catolico, in the Cinco Villas area, 115 km from Zaragoza capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Jaca
Historical Region: Cinco Villas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery chapel
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century [basin only], Medieval / composite
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue, of AdR, for his photographs of church and font
Church Notes: church said to go back to the 11th century
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a large basin of quadrangular shape inside and out, plain except for a thin moulding all araound the upper rim; there are some notches in the upper rim that may suggest the presence of anchoring for an earlier font cover; the font is raised now on a modern columnar base.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 653867 4691564
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]