Arroniz No. 1 / Arróniz

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R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

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INFORMATION

FontID: 04560ARR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial del Salvador
Church Patron Saints: Our Saviour
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the merindad de Estella
Font Location in Church: Baptismal chapel, S side
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Javier Torrens, of Pamplona, Spain, for the photographs of this font
Font Notes:
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?) and in Domeño (1992) ) as a medieval baptismal font; the plain hemispheric basin is raised on a cylindrical pedestal, both plain, except for a thick moultin g at the upper rim of the basin [cf. Index entries for Arroniz Nos. 2-4 for holy-water stoups listed for this locality] Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008) as one of a series of plain medieval fonts in Navarra at Muniain de Guesalaz, Arroniz, Learza, Oteiza, Echavarri, Azuelo, Etayo, Ubago, Mues, Cabrega, Murieta, Piedramillera and Villamayor de Monjardin, in the Estella region, as well as those in the valleys of Oloriz, , Garinoain and Muruzabal de Andion, as plain medieval fonts in the area.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Notes: metal staples of the old cover still in the upper rim of the font

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?]