Majan / Maján
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Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 3 August 2020)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Diego Delso, 2015
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 29 December 2015 by Diego Delso [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maján,_Soria,_España,_2015-12-29,_DD_93.JPG] [accessed 7 August 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - north view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Diego Delso, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 December 2015 by Diego Delso [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maján,_Soria,_España,_2015-12-29,_DD_93.JPG] [accessed 7 August 2020]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: on the upper part of the later base; this base may have been part of something else, and simply used to replace the original base of the font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kike Lombardero Lorenzana, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 4 August 2020 by Kike Lombardero Lorenzana
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 3 August 2020)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 22838MAJ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Virgen de la Concepción [aka Inmaculada Concepción]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): The Immaculate Conception of St. Mary
Church Notes: 12th-13thC church; modified and/or re-built 17thC
Church Address: 42225 Maján, Soria, Spain
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the SO-P-3171, about 20 km E of Almazán and the A-15 highway, 35 km SE of Soria capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Historical Region: Comarca de Almazán
Additional Comments: altered font? (was the base replaced in the 17thC?) / composite font?
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of stone consisting of a plain roughly hemispherical basin raised on a quadrangular moulded base; the two parts are not matched, the moulded base quite likely a later -perhaps 17th-century- replacement. No font cover present.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Kike Lombardero Lorenzana for his photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 558268 4991250
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining