Uncastillo No. 2 / Uncastiello

Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2014
Image and permission received (e-mail of 20 October 2012)
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design element - motifs - moulding
design element - motifs - roll moulding
view of church exterior - apse
view of church exterior - south view
view of church interior - apse
view of font
view of font and cover
view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the church interior of the redundant church serves as a centre for the interpretation of Romanesque art
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 November 2011 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 20 October 2012)
INFORMATION
FontID: 17226UNC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martin de Tours [redundant]
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: Spain
Location: Zaragoza, Aragón
Directions to Site: Located between Ejea de los Caballeros and Sos del Rey Catolico, in the Cinco Villas area, 115 km from Zaragoza capital [Coordinates: 42° 22′ 0″ N, 1° 8′ 0″ W 42.366667, -1.133333 -- UTM 30T 653705 4692176 -- the UTM for the church itself is UTM 30T 654068 4691808] [Diocese of Jaca]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century, Renaissance
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Antonio García Omedes, of www.romanicoaragones.com, and to Mikel Unanue, for their photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: church is late-Romanesque, 12thC -- redundant now and serving as 'Centro de Interpretación del Arte Románico'
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in García Omedes [http://www.romanicoaragones.com/4-Cinco%20Villas/990503-UncastilloSanmartin2.htm]. Baptismal font consisting of a large roughly hemispherical basin plain but for a moulding at the upper rim, raised on a round moulded base. The wooden cover is flat, round and plain. The font rests on the earlier flooring, a few inches below the present one. [NB: the church itself is said to date from the mid-11th century, but we have no information on the earlier font]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.361683, -1.130294
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 21′ 42.06″ N, 1° 7′ 49.06″ W
UTM: 30T 4691628 653967
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and round