Espierre

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Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 December 2019)

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view of church exterior - south porch

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view of church exterior - south portal

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jaime Zabalozuazola Alustiza, 2019

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view of church exterior - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jaime Zabalozuazola Alustiza, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2018 by Jaime Zabalozuazola Alustiza

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 December 2019)

view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jaime Zabalozuazola Alustiza, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2018 by Jaime Zabalozuazola Alustiza

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 December 2019)

view of church interior - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jaime Zabalozuazola Alustiza, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2018 by Jaime Zabalozuazola Alustiza

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 December 2019)

view of font

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken in 2018 by Jaime Zabalozuazola Alustiza

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view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jaime Zabalozuazola Alustiza, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2018 by Jaime Zabalozuazola Alustiza

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 December 2019)

INFORMATION

FontID: 22494ESP
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Church Location: Calle Única Susín, 1, 22637 Espierre, Huesca, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Huesca, Aragón
Directions to Site: Located off the Gr-16, SE of the A-136 - N-260 crossroads, in the municipality and SE of Biescas
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Jaca
Historical Region: Serrablo / Alto Gállego
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the S apse
Date: ca. 1330?
Century and Period: 14th century (early?), Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Jaime Zabalozuazola Alustiza for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: early-14thC(?) church in local Serrablo late-Romanesque style; much modified in later centuries
Stone baptismal font consisting of a large cylindrical basin with a rounded underbowl, raised on a round pedestal base and a circular plinth; there is no decoration on any part of the font but the upper rim has been grooved, perhaps to accommodate an earlier font cover. No font cover present. The font is located in the south side apse, which would not have been its original location. [NB: the nearby Ermita de Santa María is in ruins and there is no font visible in it now, if ever there was one]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 36' 1.55" N, 0° 17' 22.07" W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round