Ceresola / Cerésola / Zresola

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design element - patterns - zigzag

the pattern is a little more regular on this side -- notice the big cut made into the upper rim to fit a cover lock
Scene Description: the pattern is a little more regular on this side -- notice the big cut made into the upper rim to fit a cover lock
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2019 by Juan Antonio Olañeta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 11 September 2019)

view of basin - detail

the basin of a crude and probably early font was built into the north wall at some point its past
Scene Description: the basin of a crude and probably early font was built into the north wall at some point its past
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2019 by Juan Antonio Olañeta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 11 September 2019)

view of basin - southeast side

orientation is approximate -- notice the very irregular zig-zag pattern
Scene Description: orientation is approximate -- notice the very irregular zig-zag pattern
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2019 by Juan Antonio Olañeta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 11 September 2019)

view of basin - upper view

showing the cut made on the upper rim to fit a cover lock, and the central drain -- some remains of a modern wooden cover can be discerned at the back
Scene Description: showing the cut made on the upper rim to fit a cover lock, and the central drain -- some remains of a modern wooden cover can be discerned at the back
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2019 by Juan Antonio Olañeta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 11 September 2019)

view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Antonio García Omedes [www.romanicoaragones.com/0-Jacetania/99006-Ceresola.htm] [accessed 11 September 2019]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior in context

the village is almost abandoned; the medieval church building re-built by a local association in the 1980s
Scene Description: the village is almost abandoned; the medieval church building re-built by a local association in the 1980s
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Antonio García Omedes [www.romanicoaragones.com/0-Jacetania/99006-Ceresola.htm] [accessed 11 September 2019]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font in context

the basin of the font can be discerned here on the left, built into the north wall, needless to say, not its original position in the church
Scene Description: the basin of the font can be discerned here on the left, built into the north wall, needless to say, not its original position in the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2019 by Juan Antonio Olañeta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 11 September 2019)

INFORMATION

FontID: 22327CER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Purificación [in runs]
Church Patron Saints: The Purification of St. Mary
Church Location: 22623 Cerésola, Huesca, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Huesca, Aragón
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A-1604, S of the N-260 in the municipality and 15-20 km ESE of Sabiñánigo
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Barbastro
Historical Region: Jacetania / Alto Gállego / Tierras de La Guarguera
Font Location in Church: Inside the ruinous church, built into the N(?) wall
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Antonio García Omedes [www.romanicoaragones.com] and Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com] for their photographs of, and information on church and font
Church Notes: original(?) 12thC church; modified 17th and 18thC; damaged in the Spainsh Civil War (1936-1939); re-built 1980s -- 14thC mural paintings now in the Museo Diocesano de Jaca [http://www.patrimoniodehuesca.es/ceresola-huesca-iglesia-la-purificacion-pintura-s-xiv-museo-diocesano-jaca/] [accessed 11 September 2019]
Font Notes:
Basin of a crude and probably early font built into the north wall of the nave at some point in its past; it iis decorated with a single pattern line of zig-zag around the basin side; a large cut was made onto the upper rim to fit a large cover lock; the inner basin is unlined and has a centre drain hole. The is a portion of a wooden cover jammed at the back; it appears modern.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 726840 4702153

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]