Capella No. 2

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Image and permission received (e-mail of 5 October 2015)

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 September 2015 by Mikel Unanue

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design element - patterns - ribbed - in round arches

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 September 2015 by Mikel Unanue

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view of basin - interior

Scene Description: notice the blocked drain; the general shape of the basin suggests a late date

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 September 2015 by Mikel Unanue

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

view of font

view of font - upper view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 September 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 5 October 2015)

INFORMATION

FontID: 20059CAP
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín [original church unknown]
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Plaza Mayor, s/n, CP-22480, Capella, Huesca, España -- Tel.: 974 541 199
Country Name: Spain
Location: Huesca, Aragón
Directions to Site: Located a few km from Graus
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Barbastro-Monzón
Historical Region: Ribagorza
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, in a locked 'corral' with three others
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century[basin only] [composite font], Renaissance / Baroque [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this church and fonts in it
One of four disused baptismal fonts kept in a locked 'corral' at the west end of the San Martín church, in Capella. This one consists of a hemispherical basin decorated with a roll moulding at the upper rim, and a ribbed pattern all around the underbowl. No cover present, nor are there any signs of cover hardware in the upper rim; on an unrelated pedestal base.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.196872, 0.396088
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 11′ 48.74″ N, 0° 23′ 45.92″ E
UTM: 31T 285009 4674918

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: blocked drain hole; no lining