Senosiain / Senosiáin

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Results: 29 records
animal - mammal - lion?
human figure - female - naked - with devil? or monster?
human figure - grotesque or fantastic - head - 2
human figure - male - (cleric? - monk?) - exposed genitals - holding penis in left hand and fish in right hand

Scene Description: Probably a monk, to judge by the tonsure
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga (Pamplona, Spain), photograph [ca. 1943]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
human figure - male - naked - covering genitals - bound feet
symbol - cross - lancée - in a circle
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INFORMATION
FontID: 00470SEN
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin
Church Location: c/ San Martín, 11, 31172 Senosiáin, Navarra, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the NA-7030, 1-2 km NW of Ulzurrun, about 20 km NW of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Cuenca de Pamplona / Merindad de Pamplona
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a N side chapel
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana and the photographers Larrión & Pimoulier, of Pamplona, Spain, for their images of this font, We are also grateful to Andrés Ortega, of www.romanicoennavarra.info, for his photographs of this font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- ) as a baptismal font with a roughly hemispheric basin in which the "vertical" divsions on the outer face all start from the upper side roll moulding down towards the underbowl; the divisions are not however vertical, but take angular shapes to accommodate the assortment of motifs in them. The motifs are identified and studied in Domeño (1992) [L-->R]:1)a naked man with a fish in his right hand, while the left holds his own penis; 2)two monstruous heads; 3)lancée cross surrounded by foliage and with a demonic head below it; 4)a head-less man seats on a chamber-pot (?) while his left hand is on his genitals; female head and a two-headed reptile, one of which heads has a significan protrusion, a dragon below; 5)monster / devilish figure with human hands holding object; 6)dragon; 7)reptile; 8)lion; 9)naked woman below monstruous head. Described in the Gran Enciclopedia Navarra (1990). [NB: the CMdeN (ibid.) mentions a holy-water stoup in the S side, by the door, but not its date -- not included in this Index]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 592872 4746574
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 6-7 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 74 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 88 - 100 cm*
Basin Depth: 27 cm*
Basin Total Height: 43 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 103 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site
REFERENCES
Gran enciclopedia Navarra (11 vols.), Pamplona: Caja de Ahorros de Navarra, 1990
Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992
García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]
Navallas Rebolé, A., Navarra, guía y mapa, 1986