Orbaiceta

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Results: 4 records

B01: symbol - cross

Scene Description: several of them, both large and small
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Domeño, 1992
Image Source: Domeño (1992: pl. 39)
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LBH01: human figure - head - 4

Scene Description: one at each side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Domeño, 1992
Image Source: Domeño (1992: pl. 39)
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R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Domeño, 1992
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
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
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
Font Notes:
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?]