Abaurrea Baja / Abaurrepea

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LB01: human figure - head

several small ones, in high relief
Scene Description: several small ones, in high relief
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)

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Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04475ABA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: C. San Martín, 3, 31692 Abaurrepea / Abaurrea Baja, Navarra, Spain -- Tel.: +34 948 33 60 12
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-140, in the Aézcoa valley, in the merindad de Sangüesa, 67 km from Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Font Notes:
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV*: 9) as a stone baptismal font consisting of a plain basin raised on a polygonal base adorned with crude motifs around the top. Described and illustrated in Domeño (1992: 132 and pl. 161 [cf. NB below]) as a medieval baptismal font; plain hemispheric basin mounted on a polygonal base ornamented with high-relief heads, spiral, branch with leaves, etc. The stone is very course and the workmanship rather crude [NB: plate 161, p. 132, in this source has been mislabelled as Abaurrea Alta; it corresponds to the font at Abaurrea Baja]. [We are grateful to Asunción Domeño, to the Institución Príncipe de Viana and to the photographers Larrión & Pimoulier for the information on and images of this font]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 645824 4751978
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.906481, -1.213661
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 54′ 23.33″ N, 1° 12′ 49.18″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood
Notes: Although only the lower part is visible in the image source (Domeño, 1992: pl. 161), the two-tone wooden cover appears tall and with some sort of ornamentation.

REFERENCES

  • Gran enciclopedia Navarra (11 vols.), Pamplona: Caja de Ahorros de Navarra, 1990, vol. 1, p. 139
  • Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 132 and pl. 161 [mislabeled]
  • García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. IV*: 9