Grazanes / Samartín de Grazanes / San Martín de Grazanes

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design element - motifs - circle or roundel

Scene Description: in the broad scotia all around the basin sides

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design element - motifs - scotia

Scene Description: a broad one, with circle or roundel motifs in it

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design element - patterns - sawtooth

Scene Description: all around the upper rim

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information

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view of basin

Scene Description: showing a large repair in cement on the left, and some additional damage on the right

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

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view of church exterior - west view

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view of church interior - chancel - ceiling - painting - detail

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view of church interior - nave - looking southwest

Scene Description: showing both entrances

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view of font

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view of font - upper view

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view of font in context

Scene Description: at the southwest end of the nave, flanked by the two entranceways into the church

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view of font in context

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view of stoup

Scene Description: one of two stone holy-water stoups; this one to the right of the west entranceway

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INFORMATION

FontID: 05029GRA
Church/Chapel: Iglesia parroquial de San Martín de Samartín de Grazanes
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: CA-6, 3, 33556 Grazanes, Asturias, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias
Directions to Site: Samartín de Grazanes is a 'parroquia' (in the laic sense) located off (N) the AS-114, 11 kms E of, and in the municipality of Cangas de Onis
Historical Region: Oviedo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, S side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Same shape as the font in nearby Con
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this church and font
Described in Morales & Casares (1977-1978) as a Romanesque baptismal font similar to that from nearby San Pedro de Con. Described and illustrated in Alvarez Martínez (1990) as a baptismal font of circa 12th century with a round irregular basin ornamented at the upper rim with a saw-tooth motif, while the sides of the basin appear to have have some short vertical mouldings, each with a circular motif below, as if they were imitating the staves and rivets of a vat; the underbowl is conical and the lower base is quadrangular and rather irregular. Alvarez Martínez (2007) remarks on the use of the zigzag motif to represent or allude to the regenarative waters of baptism on these fonts. A very similar font was at the parish church in nearby Con/Mestas de Con [later reported in a private home in Cangas de Onis -- cf. Index entry for Con]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 337910 4801625

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: vat-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Alvarez Martínez, María Soledad, "La topografía simbólica de los repertorios figurativos", 2007, pp. 9-44; r["References"]
Alvarez Martínez, María Soledad, El románico en Asturias, Gijón: Ediciones Trea, 1999
Morales, María Cruz, El románico en Asturias, Salinas, Asturias: Ayalga, 1977-1978