Metauten
Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image by the Institución Príncipe de Viana and to the photographers Larrión & Pimoulier Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image by the Institución Príncipe de Viana and to the photographers Larrión & Pimoulier Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
human figure - head - 8
Scene Description: several types; at least one is hooded
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image by the Institución Príncipe de Viana and to the photographers Larrión & Pimoulier Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 00486MET
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: The font at nearby Ollobarren, especially the base; also the base at Ganuza
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Román
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Romanus
Church Notes: late-Gothic / Renaissance church built on the site of an earlier Romanesque building; modified 17th and 18thC;
Church Address: Metauten, 31241, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the NA-7310, N of the A-12, in the municipality of the same name, 11 km W of Estella, about 55 km WSW of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Estella
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV**: 124); described and illustrated in Domeño (1992: 162 and pl 154): medieval baptismal font of the Romanesque period; plain hemispheric basin raised on a shaft topped with a square capital ornamented with a human head at each angle, plus one other on each side, to a total of eight heads; at least one of the heads wears a hood [NB: at present [1992+] only the upper part of the base is visible, the lower being buried in the raised flooring]. The basin is covered with a plain flat wooden lid. [We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana and to the photographers Larrión & Pimoulier, all of Pamplona, Spain, for the image of the font]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 4725497 571668
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.678611, -2.125278
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 40′ 43″ N, 2° 7′ 31″ W
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
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain
REFERENCES
- Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 74, 112, 162 and pl. 154
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. IV**: 124 and pl. 146