San Martin de Unx No. 2 / San Martín de Unx / Unsi

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Results: 6 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: three (?) large ribs, each decorated with a different motif

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Image Source: Uranga & Iñiguez (1973, vol. 5: pl. 364)

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B02: design element - motifs - sawtooth

Scene Description: on the left rib

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B03: design element - patterns - interlace

Scene Description: on the right rib

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B04: animal - fish

Scene Description: vertical, head near the upper rim

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B05: human figure - head - 2

Scene Description: one at each of the extreme sides of the basin

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view of stoup

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INFORMATION

FontID: 08045UNX
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial [originalmente abacial?] de San Martín de Tours
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours [orig. St. Mary & St. Martin?]
Church Location: Subida de la parroquia, s/n, 31495 San Martín de Unx, Navarra, Spain -- Tel.: +34 628 07 82 87 / 669 41 22 03 / 628 07 82 87
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-132, 10 km E of Tafalla, 45 km of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Pamplona
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, wall-mounted on th S side
Date: ca. 1156?
Century and Period: 12th century (mid?), Romanesque
Described and illustrated in Uranga & Iñiguez (1973, vol. 5: 258 and pl. 36); described also in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. III: 421). Wall-mounted holy-water stoup dated in both sources to about the same period as the church [it was consecrated in 1156]; the stoup is roughly hemispherical with three (?) prominent vertical ribs that are not plain: the centre one has a fish with its mouth near the upper rim of the basin; the one on the right has interlace motif making a length of romboid pattern; the one on the left has clusters of saw-tooth motif; the space between these ribs is filled with three button-like hemispherical rosettes in each space; between the last ribs and the wall are crudely rendered human faces, one on each side.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.5266630266, -1.5594991621
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42º 31' 35,98'' N, 1º 33' 34,19'' W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]
Uranga Galdiano, José Esteban, Arte medieval navarro, Pamplona: Editorial Aranzadi - Caja de Ahorros de Navarra, 1973