Josa nr. Cortes de Aragón
Image copyright © Jordi-Xavier Romero Álvarez, 2019
Image and permission received via Juan Antonio Olañeta (e-mail of 5 December 2019)
Results: 5 records
view of basin - upper view
Scene Description: after its return to the church interior [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jordi-Xavier Romero Álvarez, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 November 2019 by Jordi-Xavier Romero Álvarez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Juan Antonio Olañeta (e-mail of 5 December 2019)
view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © 19Tarrestnom65, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2015 by 19Tarrestnom65 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Josa_11.JPG] [accessed 7 December 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior - southwest end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © 19Tarrestnom65, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2015 by 19Tarrestnom65 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Josa_08.JPG] [accessed 7 December 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © 19Tarrestnom65, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2015 by 19Tarrestnom65 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Josa_02.JPG] [accessed 7 December 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of object
Scene Description: suspected to be the base of the old baptismal font; now built into a wall
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [s.n.], 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 December 2018 [author not declared]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Juan Antonio Olañeta (e-mail of 5 December 2019)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 22460JOS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumtion of St. Mary
Church Notes: church documented 1349; re-built early-18thC
Church Address: 44792 Josa, Teruel, Spain
Site Location: Teruel, Aragón, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the TE-V-1145, 8 km ESE of Cortes de Aragón and the A-222, about 60-70 km NNE of Teruel capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Teruel
Historical Region: Cuencas Mineras
Additional Comments: disused font? (recently recovered and brought back into the church [cf. FontNotes])
Font Notes:
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Roughly cylindrical basin abandones and disused, but recently taken back into the church, as reported to Juan Antonio Olañeta by Jordi-Xavier Romero Álvarez (e-mail to BSI 5 December 2019)
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Jordi-Xavier Romero Álvarez for the photograph of this font and to him and Juan Antonio Olañeta for the additional information on its whereabouts
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 687948 4536231
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining