Anchoriz / Anchóriz / Antxoriz

Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
Results: 8 records
B01: design element - patterns - zigzag
B1R01: design element - motifs - assorted
B2R01: animal - reptile - lizard or salamander? - 2
B2R02: animal - reptile - snake

Scene Description: between the two lizards, a/p description in Domeño (1992)
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)
LB01: design element - motifs - interlace
LB02: design element - motifs - foliage - with stars
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INFORMATION
FontID: 04490ANC
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Inmaculada
Church Patron Saints: The Inmaculate Conception of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Esteríbar, merindad de Sangüesa
Font Location in Church: Under the choir
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV*: 346 and pl. 467). Described and illustrated in Domeño (1992: 134 and pl. 37 on p. 47) as a medieval font: hemispheric basin has vertical roll mouldings linked by zig-zag lines, as well as two registers with assorted motifs: solar wheels, fish-bone, helix, stars, etc.; there are also three animal representations: a serpent between two lizards; square base has netting pattern on two opposite sides and foliage and stars on the other two. [We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana, of Pamplona, Spain, for the images of this font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (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
García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]