Arce / Artzi

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view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: showing the central drain hole

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view of church exterior - east view

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view of church exterior - south portal - east side - detail

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church interior - nave - detail

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view of font

Scene Description: showing the considerable damage to the upper side of the basin; probably caused by the metal staples of an old cover

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view of font in context

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view of font in context

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view of font in context - north side

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view of stoup in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 04550ARC
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Santa María [aka Ermita de Santa María de Arce] [abandoned]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Calle la Concepción, 2, 31438 Arce, Navarra, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located near Nagore, in the Valle de Arce, merindad de Sangüesa, although Arce itself is now abandoned
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Pamplona
Font Location in Church: Inside the abandoned church
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: for a full description of this interesting church see A. Garcia-Omedes [http://www.arquivoltas.com/6-Navarra/Arce3.htm] [accessed 5 June 2019], and/or Simeon Hidalgo's [http://simeonhidalgo.over-blog.com/article-la-portada-de-santa-maria-de-arce-navarra-123634321.html] [accessed 5 June 2019]
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV*: 132) as a baptismal font contemporary with the original building [i.e., 12th century]; a plain hemispheric basin raised on a cylindrical stem. Described in Domeño (1992: 136) as a medieval baptismal font with the same characteristics as mentioned in the CMdeN. Noted also in the Enciclopedia del romanico en Navarra, which gives some measurements. The roughly hemispherical basin is raised on a cylindrical pedestal base, and a round-to-square lower base, all three parts plain. No cover present.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 632655 4747089

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 87 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Enciclopedia del romanico en Navarra

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?]