Alzuza

Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
Results: 4 records
B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
BBL01: design element - motifs - moulding - patterned - scalloped
BU01: design element - patterns - striated
INFORMATION
FontID: 04486ALZ
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality -and valley of- of Egüés, merindad de Sangüesa
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a chapel on the N side of the nave
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
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
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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.
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
Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2008
García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]