Orbaiceta

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B01: symbol - cross

Scene Description: several of them, both large and small

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Image Source: Domeño (1992: pl. 39)

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LBH01: human figure - head - 4

Scene Description: one at each side

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Image Source: Domeño (1992: pl. 39)

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R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

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Image Source: Domeño (1992: pl. 39)

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Domeño, 1992

Image Source: Domeño (1992: pl. 39)

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INFORMATION

FontID: 04443ORB
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the northernmost area of the Aézcoa valley, Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Location in Church: In the baptismal chapel, N side
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Cognate Fonts: Bilbao (1996) compares the head motifs in the fonts at Pariza (Burgos prov.) with those of the Navarrese fonts at Artariain, Orbaiceta and Zuazu
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV**: 239); described and illustrated in Domeño (1992: 169 and pl. 39): medieval baptismal font; smallish hemispherical basin decorated with a roll moulding at the upper rim; below it, large crosses alternate with smaller ones; the base is a truncated cone ornamented with four very crude heads at the upper part, right under the underbowl.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996
Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992
García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]