Majan / Maján

Image copyright © Kike Lombardero Lorenzana, 2020
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 3 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)
view of church exterior - north view
view of church exterior in context - north view
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view of font in context
view of font in context
INFORMATION
FontID: 22838MAJ
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Virgen de la Concepción [aka Inmaculada Concepción]
Church Patron Saints: The Immaculate Conception of St. Mary
Church Location: 42225 Maján, Soria, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Soria, Castilla y León
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
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Kike Lombardero Lorenzana for his photographs of this font
Church Notes: 12th-13thC church; modified and/or re-built 17thC
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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.
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