Berroya / Berroia
Image copyright © Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya, 2019
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 June 2019)
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 June 2019 by Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 June 2019)
view of font and cover - upper view
Scene Description: notice the metal hole still visible in the upper rim, where a plug for the cover anchoring probably was
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 June 2019 by Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 June 2019)
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the Institución Príncipe de Viana (Pamplona, Spain) by photographers Larrión and Pimoulier
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
view of basin - interior
Scene Description: no drain visible
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 June 2019 by Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 June 2019)
design element - motifs - varied
Scene Description: a row of protruding wart-like: rosettes, knobs, etc., all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 June 2019 by Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 June 2019)
human figure - female - head - wearing elaborate headdress
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 June 2019 by Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 June 2019)
human figure - male - head - wearing headdress
Scene Description: elaborate head-dress
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 June 2019 by Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 June 2019)
view of church exterior in context - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 June 2019 by Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 June 2019)
view of font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 June 2019 by Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 June 2019)
design element - motifs - zigzag
Scene Description: on the lower of the bands seen here on the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 June 2019 by Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 June 2019)
design element - motifs - triangle
Scene Description: on the upper of the two bands seen here on the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 June 2019 by Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 June 2019)
design element - motifs - foliage or spur
Scene Description: on the upper surface of the lower base block, in the spandrels
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 June 2019 by Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 June 2019)
design element - motifs - diamond or lozenge - nested
Scene Description: on the lower base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 June 2019 by Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 June 2019)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 00480BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Notes: medieval church; re-built 18thC
Church Address: c/ San Andrés, 4, 31454 Berroya, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located S of Imirizaldu, N of Murillo de Berroya, in the municipality of Romanzado, about 40 km from Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV**: 278 and pl. 327) and in Domeño (1992: figs. 100-102, p. 78-79, 142): Romanesque baptismal font of the 12th century; the hemispherical basin with two large human heads, one male, one female, on the basin side; lower down on the side, a row of ribs, flowers, etc. in circles; the stem of the base is cylindrical and the lower base is square and ornamented with reticular pattern. Noted in Plazaola Artola (2008?). No entry found in the Enciclopedia del romanico.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana, of Pamplona, Spain, and to the photographers Larrión and Pimoulier for the image of this font. We are also grateful to Pedro Martinez de Ilarduya for his photographs of this church and font
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat plain wooden lid; hinged 2/3 back; modern
REFERENCES
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996, p. 139-140 fn250
- Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 78-79, 126, 142 and figs. 100-102
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. IV**: 278 and pl. 327
- Plazaola Artola, Juan, "El arte gótico en Euskal Herria", hiru.com [Etengabeko Ikaskuntza], [2008?]