Calvera No. 1 / Calbera

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view of basin - interior

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view of church exterior - east end

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view of church exterior - north view

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view of church exterior - west view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of font

Scene Description: the two objects; located at the west end of the nave

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view of font - east view

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view of font in context - east view

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view of font in context - northeast view

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INFORMATION

FontID: 20063CAL

Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Andrés

Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew

Church Location: 22485 Calvera, Huesca, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Huesca, Aragón

Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Beranuy, between the Isábena and Noguera Ribagorzana rivers, 92 km from Huesca capital

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Barbastro-Monzón

Historical Region: Prepirineo / Ribagorza / Ribagorça

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end

Century and Period: , Medieval

Workshop/Group/Artisan: oil font? / pica d'oli?

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this church, fonts and objects

Church Notes: original 11thC church, much altered in the 13th, 16th and 20th centuries

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Two objects of interest in this church are noted and illustrated in García Omedes' GUÍA DIGITAL DEL ARTE ROMÁNICO [www.castillodeloarre.org/HU-Ribagorza/990373-CalveraSA.htm] [accessed 10 October 2015]; one is rectangular, the other tub-like, with the bottom wider than the top; both disused. The rectangular vessel corresponds to a type of 'font' known in this area as "piques d'oli" [=oil fonts], said to have been used in the Middle Ages to collect tithe oil for lighting and heating in these Pyrenean villages. Some of these are very ornate, with the same type of motifs and symbols found on baptismal fonts of the area. There are those who argue that these rectangular vessels were the original baptismal fonts in pre-Romanesque times. The rectangular vessel in San Andrés de Calvera is a crude object devoid of decoration of any kind, the sides rough with the exception of a plain band around the upper rim that shows an attempt at an even finish; the shape inside is the same as outside but has an even finish all around, and a central drain [which would make no sense in an oil vessel]. This basin is raised on a rectangular pedestal base made of multiple stones. [cf. Index entries for Calvera Nos. 2 and 3 for two other vessels listed for this church]. [NB: there are two medieval chapels-of-ease to this church: Ermita de San Valero (11thC; now in ruins), and Ermita de Santa María (12thC); we have no information on the baptismal fonts of those rural chapels].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.388312, 0.613645

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 23′ 17.92″ N, 0° 36′ 49.12″ E

UTM: 31T 303569 4695650

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: rectangular (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: rectangular

Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular

Drainage Notes: no lining