Larrion / Larrión
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph July 2004 by Javier Torrens
Copyright Instructions: Permission received
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - patterns - ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph July 2004 by Javier Torrens
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human figure - head - 4
Scene Description: three male and one female
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier, of Pamplona, Spain; detail of a photograph [ca. 1992]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier, of Pamplona, Spain; detail of a photograph [ca. 1992]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
Image Source: Javier Torrens for BSI
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design element - motifs - leaf - oak
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph July 2004 by Javier Torrens
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design element - motifs - leaf - fig
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph July 2004 by Javier Torrens
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design element - motifs - rope
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph July 2004 by Javier Torrens
Copyright Instructions: Permission received
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph July 2004 by Javier Torrens
Copyright Instructions: Permission received
INFORMATION
Font ID: 00473LAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: 31290 Larrión, Navarre, Spain -- Tel.: +34 948 54 04 42
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the NA-7138, in the municipality of Allín, 7-8 km NNW of Estella, 50 km WSW of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II*: 97); described and illustrated in Domeño (1992: 62-63, 159 and pl. 64-67): 12th-century pedestal font; the basin is bucket-shaped and has very broad diagonal ribbed pattern on its sides; the cylindrical stem of the base, framed in rope motif moulding, has an upper capital ornamented with four heads, three male, one female; in the spaces between the heads, a fleur-de-lis, an oak leaf, a fig leaf and a clover. Domeño (ibid.: 63) points out that the female wears a head-piece characteristic of the Spanish fashion of the 12th century. No entry found for Larrión in the Enciclopedia de romanico.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Javier Torrens, to the Institución Príncipe de Viana and to the photographers Larrión & Pimoulier, all of Pamplona, Spain, for the images of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 575659 4728902
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 44, 62-63, 77-78, 159 and pl. 63-67
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. II*: 97