Sacramenia No. 1
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Results: 32 records
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Scene Description: the flooring around the base of the font was re-done later and the gap covered
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 27 May 1999 by BSI
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 August 2020)
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Scene Description: notice the 'head' in the second-from-the-left spandrel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 August 2020)
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Scene Description: notice the 'head' in the second-from-the-right spandrel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 August 2020)
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Scene Description: showing five of the spandrel heads to the right of the angel figure
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 August 2020)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 August 2020)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 August 2020)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 August 2020)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 August 2020)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 August 2020)
view of font in context
Scene Description: at the west end of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 August 2020)
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Scene Description: the flooring in 2009, after the renovation
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Senen Bajo Gutierrez, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 August 2009 by Senen Bajo Gutierrez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue
design element - motifs - vine - bead, circle or dot
Scene Description: the beads are located in the in the upper and lower spandrels created by the vine -- notice the damage to the upper rim, to the left of the angel's head; probably damage caused by a metal anchoring form on old font cover
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 27 May 1999 by BSI
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angel - holding soul
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 27 May 1999 by BSI
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human figure - head - 13
Scene Description: The thirteen heads in the upper spandrels of the ribbing around the bowl are a combination of male and female human heads and at least one that is not quite human; no indication of social or ecclesiastical status; some badly damaged
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 27 May 1999 by BSI
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design element - patterns - ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 27 May 1999 by BSI
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human figure - head
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 August 2020)
human figure - male - head - bearded
Scene Description: a square niche has been carved below some of the heads
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 August 2020)
human figure - grotesque or fantastic - head
Scene Description: is it even human-like or animal-like?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 August 2020)
human figure - grotesque or fantastic - head
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 August 2020)
human figure - female - head - wearing headdress
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 August 2020)
human figure - female - head - wearing wimple
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 August 2020)
view of basin - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 August 2020)
design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
Scene Description: all around the basin interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 August 2020)
view of church exterior - east view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nicolás Pérez, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 June 2010 by Nicolás Pérez [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sacramenia_iglesia_San_Martin_abside_ni.jpg] [accessed 15 August 2015]
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Scene Description: on the left are the stairs leading up to the west gallery
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 August 2020)
view of church interior - altar and retable
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nicolás Pérez, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 March 2013 by Nicolás Pérez [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sacramenia_iglesia_San_San_Matin_retablo_ni.jpg] [accessed 15 August 2015]
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design element - motifs - zigzag
Scene Description: in some of the semi-circles above the floral and cross motifs
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 27 May 1999 by BSI
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design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: in most of the spaces left by the rest of the decorative motifs, including the cross
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 27 May 1999 by BSI
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design element - motifs - floral - in a circle
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 27 May 1999 by BSI
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symbol - cross - Greek - in a circle
Scene Description: three of the arms are those of a Maltese cross, but the left arm appears to have undergone a not very successful 'floriated' treatment [or, is just damage?]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 27 May 1999 by BSI
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view of font base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2020 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 August 2020)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02335SAC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 1999-05-27
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Late Romanesque / Gothic?
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, by the gallery stairs
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: Plaza Pública, S/N, 40237 Sacramenia, Segovia, Spain -- Tel.: +34 921 52 70 28
Site Location: Segovia, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located just S of Cuevas de Provanco, to the N-E of Fuentidueña
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Segovia
Additional Comments: altered font? is the angel a later addition? [probably not]
Font Notes:
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Listed as a Romanesque baptismal font in Santamaria (1988). On-site examination revealed the base is ornamented with circular motifs in which either a Maltese cross or four-petaled flower is inscribed; this band encircles the base; thirteen small faces in the spandrels of large ribs around the bowl; the faces are both male and female; a wide border of an acanthus vine encircles the top of the bowl; the inner well is carved with a concave rib pattern; metal staples evident in the rim. The font is in the Romanesque style of Castillian design, but the presence of the angel throws the date forward [unless it is a later addition, though it appears to be part of the original block].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta and to Senen Bajo Gutierrez for their photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 420710 4594700
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two (part of base is included with bowl and bottom part of base twond piece)
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round (concave ribbing)
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Rim Thickness: 11-12 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 97 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 117-120 cm*
Basin Depth: 50 cm*
Basin Total Height: 60 cm*
Height of Base: 50 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 110 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Santamaría, Juan Manuel, Segovia románica, Segovia: Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Segovia, 1988, p. 61, 144