Sahun / Sahún / Sanahuja / Saunc / Saünc / Saúnc

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design element - patterns - ribbed - ribs framed in round arches

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Image Source: digital photograph [edited] September 2013 by Francisco Martí Fornés in Románico en Ribagorza [https://romanicoribagorzano.wordpress.com/2013/09/05/sahun-san-juan-bautista/] [accessed 25 June 2022]

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view of church exterior

Scene Description: Source caption: "Edificio de una nave cubierta con bóveda de cañón ligeramente apuntada."

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Image Source: digital photograph [edited] September 2013 by Francisco Martí Fornés in Románico en Ribagorza [https://romanicoribagorzano.wordpress.com/2013/09/05/sahun-san-juan-bautista/] [accessed 25 June 2022]

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view of church exterior - west portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Portada a poniente, bajo un pórtico de época moderna, formada por tres arquivoltas en bocel, que llegan al suelo, enmarcadas por un guardapolvo adornado con cinco cabezas, las dos de su base a modo de ménsulas. Las arquivoltas muestran cruces, estrellas y aspas grabadas."

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Image Source: digital photograph [edited] September 2013 by Francisco Martí Fornés in Románico en Ribagorza [https://romanicoribagorzano.wordpress.com/2013/09/05/sahun-san-juan-bautista/] [accessed 25 June 2022]

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view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Portada a poniente, bajo un pórtico de época moderna, formada por tres arquivoltas en bocel, que llegan al suelo, enmarcadas por un guardapolvo adornado con cinco cabezas, las dos de su base a modo de ménsulas. Las arquivoltas muestran cruces, estrellas y aspas grabadas."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Francisco Martí Fornés, 2022

Image Source: digital photograph [edited] September 2013 by Francisco Martí Fornés in Románico en Ribagorza [https://romanicoribagorzano.wordpress.com/2013/09/05/sahun-san-juan-bautista/] [accessed 25 June 2022]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "La cabecera, orientada al este, es rectangular, probablemente del siglo XVIII cuando debió sustituir el ábside semicircular primitivo, del cual se conservan tres arcuaciones en el interior del campanario. Se conserva el arco de medio punto de articulación con la nave, que es de tosca, y parte de las pilastras de las que arrancaba."

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Image Source: digital photograph [edited] September 2013 by Francisco Martí Fornés in Románico en Ribagorza [https://romanicoribagorzano.wordpress.com/2013/09/05/sahun-san-juan-bautista/] [accessed 25 June 2022]

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view of church interior - looking west

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Image Source: digital photograph [edited] September 2013 by Francisco Martí Fornés in Románico en Ribagorza [https://romanicoribagorzano.wordpress.com/2013/09/05/sahun-san-juan-bautista/] [accessed 25 June 2022]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "En esa capilla hay una pila bautismal de copa gallonada, de buena factura. Esta pila estaba situada anteriormente junto a la puerta de entrada."

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Image Source: digital photograph [edited] September 2013 by Francisco Martí Fornés in Románico en Ribagorza [https://romanicoribagorzano.wordpress.com/2013/09/05/sahun-san-juan-bautista/] [accessed 25 June 2022]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hay dos capillas en el lado del evangelio y tres en el de la epístola. A todas se accede mediante arcos de medio punto y se cubren con bóvedas de cañón, de distintas calidades, excepto la capilla central del lado sur que se cubre con bóveda de lunetos. En esa capilla hay una pila bautismal de copa gallonada, de buena factura. Esta pila estaba situada anteriormente junto a la puerta de entrada."

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Image Source: digital photograph [edited] September 2013 by Francisco Martí Fornés in Románico en Ribagorza [https://romanicoribagorzano.wordpress.com/2013/09/05/sahun-san-juan-bautista/] [accessed 25 June 2022]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02679SAH
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista / Església de Sant Joan Baptista de Saünc
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: c./ la Iglesia, 13, 22468 Sahún, Huesca, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Huesca, Aragón
Directions to Site: Accessible via the A-139 road. in the valley and municipality and 5 km of Benasque
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Barbastro
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a S chapel; originally by the entranceway into the church
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Cognate Fonts: Villanova (Huesca)
Church Notes: Romanesque church, much modified since
A baptismal font similar to the one in Villanova (Huesca), with the same ribbing and a similar bulbous base (description based on ill. in Iglesias Costa, 1985). Illustrated in Francisco Martí Fornés' Románico en Ribagorza [https://romanicoribagorzano.wordpress.com/2013/09/05/sahun-san-juan-bautista/] [accessed 25 June 2022]. The font does not really appear Romanesque but a derivative of a later date; the upper rim of the basin has been damaged at 90-degree angles, the stone split by metal anchorings for a cover [now missing]; the drain in the basin interior is placed off-centre. No lining; no cover present.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining

REFERENCES

Iglesias Costa, Manuel, Arquitectura románica, siglos X-XI, XII, XIII, Barcelona: Akribos, 1985