Sieso de Huesca / Sieso de Uesca / Siso

Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2010
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design element - patterns - piping or ribbed
symbol - shell - pilgrim shell
view of church exterior - south view
INFORMATION
FontID: 16213SIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: 22142 Sieso de Huesca, Huesca, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Huesca, Aragón
Directions to Site: Located off the A-1228, 28 km NW of Huesca (dir. Barbastro), in the municipality of Casbas de Huesca
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Huesca
Historical Region: Hoya de Huesca
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, N side, in a chapel
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Antonio Garcia-Omedes, of www.romanicoaragones.com, for the photograph of this font
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Garcia-Omedes [www.romanicoaragones.com]. Baptismal font consisting of a hemispherical basin decorated with a row of pilgrim shells all around the upper side; raised on a squat circular base with ribs or piping on the sides.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 735438 4672072
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round