Santa Cruz de la Seros No. 1 / Santa Cruz de la Serós
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INFORMATION
FontID: 20640SER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Santa María de Santa Cruz de la Serós / Templo conventual de la Santa Cruz [former Benedicine convent]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: 22792 Santa Cruz de la Serós, Huesca, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Huesca, Aragón
Directions to Site: Located off the A-1603, just N of the Real Monasterio de San Juan de la Peña, 15 km WSW of Jaca, 90 km from Huesca capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Jaca
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Cristina Sanchez for her photographs of this church, font and stoup
Church Notes: Santa Maria is first documented 1070, but may have existed earlier [a document dated 1061 is believed to be false] -- According to Oliván Baile (1974: 122ff), the church is all that remains from the old monastery founded in the late-11thC in the time of countess Doña Sancha, sister to the king of Aragon and great protrectress of the monastery where she was buried at her death.
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a polygonal, almost round, tapering basin with tapering sides; plain; raised on two square blocks which appear not to be original; there is evidence of damaged caused to the upper rim by former anchoring hardware of an old cover.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.522423, -0.674096
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 31′ 20.72″ N, 0° 40′ 26.75″ W
UTM: 30T 691061 4710542
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]