Alzuza
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Photograph [ca. 1950] Institución Príncipe de Viana (Pamplona, Spain), Uranga archive
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - patterns - ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Photograph [ca. 1950] Institución Príncipe de Viana (Pamplona, Spain), Uranga archive
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - motifs - moulding - patterned - scalloped
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Photograph [ca. 1950] Institución Príncipe de Viana (Pamplona, Spain), Uranga archive
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - patterns - striated
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Photograph [ca. 1950] Institución Príncipe de Viana (Pamplona, Spain), Uranga archive
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04486ALZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban / Altzuza doneztebe eliza
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a chapel on the N side of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Address: Calle la Cuesta, 3, 31486 Alzuza, Navarra, Spain -- Tel.: +34 646 22 03 42
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-150, in the municipality -and valley of- of Egüés, 8 km of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-) as a medieval font: hemispheric basin with ribbed sides and striated underbowl; between the two, a scalloped moulding; cylindrical pedestal and round lower base. Described in Domeño (1992) in much the same terms. [NB: the basin would be best described as cylindrical, since its sides are vertical; the underbowl is chamfered]. Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008), where the basin appears now raised on an irregular quadrangular pedestal with deeply carved arches; this same source dates to the late 12th or early 13th century, and notes the font of Olloqui as similar: "En la capilla se encuentra la pila bautismal, que forma parte de un grupo muy extendido en Navarra, caracterizado por la combinación de una subcopa estriada y una copa
gallonada con adornos cónicos intermedios; el paso de un motivo al otro está marcado por una orla festoneada. Descansa sobre un pie prismático con finas columnas. Resulta muy semejante a la de Olloqui."
gallonada con adornos cónicos intermedios; el paso de un motivo al otro está marcado por una orla festoneada. Descansa sobre un pie prismático con finas columnas. Resulta muy semejante a la de Olloqui."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana, of Pamplona, Spain, for the image of this font from their Uranga archive
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 617179 4743952
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.839167, -1.566111
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 50′ 21″ N, 1° 33′ 58″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 42, 133
- Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2008, vol. 1: 195-196
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. IV*: 200