Siresa No. 1 / Ciresa
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view of font and cover in context
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 November 2018 by Juanma-Lola
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view of church exterior - west portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rowanwindwhistler, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2015 by Rowanwindwhistler [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PortadaDeSanPedroDeSiresa2.JPG] [accessed 13 June 2017]
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view of church exterior - west façade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rowanwindwhistler, 2015
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view of church exterior in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Miguelheneres, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 3 May 2011 by Miguelheneres [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monasterio_de_Siresa._Huesca.jpg] [accessed 13 June 2017]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baldiri, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph 15 July 2007 taken by Baldiri [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Siresa_3.jpg] [accessed 13 June 2017]
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information
Scene Description: local plaque with information on the monastery church
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 November 2018 by Juanma-Lola
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02454SIR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro / Monasterio de San Pedro de Siresa / Monesterio de Sant Per de Ciresa
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, to the side of the entrance.
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: monastery founded 836 on a Visigothic three-nave church site; became priory of Regular Augustianian Canons and was made royal chapel in 1082
Church Address: Monasterio de San Pedro de Siresa, 22790 Siresa, Huesca, Spain -- Tel.: +34 974 37 50 52
Site Location: Huesca, Aragón, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Locate on the HU-2131, 2 km N of Hecho, in the Valle de Hecho, about 50 km NW of Jaca
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Jaca
Historical Region: Jacetania
Additional Comments: altered font (the old font has been reinforced with metal belts) -- disappeared font? (the one(s) from the Visigothic and 9thC churches here)
Font Notes:
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One of two fonts situated to either side of the church's entrance (Canellas Lopez, 1971). Described and illustrated in Antonio García Omedes' entry for this monastery church [www.romanicoaragones.com/0-Jacetania/60-Siresa.htm] [accessed 25 June 2020]: "A los lados de la puerta oeste hay dos pilas bautismales; una moderna jaspeada y otra más antigua, cinchada con aros metálicos". The older baptismal font consists of a hemispherical basin with prolongued vertical sides raised on a short stem and a wide circular plinth; the work appears quite crude and the sides of the basin are reinforced with two iron rings. Although the font is not dated in the source it may be from the 13th century. The basin has a plain modern wooden cover. [cf. Index entry for Siresa No. 2 for the other font in this church]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Antonio García Omedes of www.romanicoaragones.com for his notes on this object, and to Juanma-Lola for their photograph of the font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 683737 4736084 / 30T 683914 4736392
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.755278, 0.754722
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 45′ 19″ N, 0° 45′ 17″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: round, flat and plain; modern
REFERENCES
- Canellas-López, Angel, Aragon roman, La-Pierre-qui-vire: Zodiaque, 1971, p. 300 and ill. 105