Lizasoain / Lizasoáin

Results: 7 records

angel - showing wings

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

design element - motifs - geometric

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

design element - motifs - rope

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

design element - patterns - herringbone

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

human figure

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

view of font

INFORMATION

FontID: 00469LIZ
Church/Chapel: Igelsia Parroquial de San Lorenzo
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Location: c/ Las Eras, 5A, 31171, Lizasoáin, Navarra, Spain -- Tel.: +34 948 17 18 22
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-7010, In the municipality of Olza, 12-13 km E of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Cendea de Olza
Font Location in Church: Inside the churc, beneath the W gallery
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Church Notes: church documented 1174 [NB: an earlier, 1074, document of donation is deemed false by some]; present church 19thC replaced the medieval one on a new site
Listed, described and illustrated in the Catálogo monumental de Navarra (1990?- ) as a baptismal font of the medieval period; the hemispheric basin has a rope motif at the upper rim; below it there is a band of fishbone motif and an agel showing its wings; the lower basin and underbowl sides are covered in a ribbed pattern. The base is a short square pedestal ornamented with human figures and geometric motif. The base is sunk in the wooden floor. There is a plain modern flat wooden font-cover. The entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del romanico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/navarra_Lizasoain.pdf] [accessed 2 March 2023] notes that the present building is 19th century, a replacement of the original church that stood on a different site; the entry does not mention the font].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,

REFERENCES

García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]