Artaiz No. 1 / Artaitz / Artáiz

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Scene Description: all decked up for the 2010 Christmas celebrations

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Mikel Unanue

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view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Mikel Unanue

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view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken by David de la Grama [www.arteguias.com]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission to reproduce (e-mail 24/9/2003)

view of font and cover

Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión and Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)

design element - architectural - arcade - blind - columns - double columns with capitals and bases

Scene Description: the single pointed arch now faces the back [north] of the baptistery chapel, but may originally faced the altar [east]

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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design element - motifs - ball

Scene Description: a row of widely-spaced small balls in a groove or scotia

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view of church exterior - apse - detail

Scene Description: corbel: penis (one of two)

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view of church exterior - apse - detail

Scene Description: the row of corbels beneath the roof and the decorated stone soffit: animal - penis - animal - ox head - lion head(?) - horn - pot - penis - etc.

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view of church exterior - apse

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: corbel: St. Michael slaying the dragon

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: corbel: to the right of the truce of God: St. Michael and the dragon

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: corbel: seated figure

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: corbel: seated figure to the right of the birthing woman, between two friezes: banquet and truce of God

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: corbel: birthing woman; detail

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: corbels and friezes: birthing woman - banquet - seated figure - truce of God

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: corbel: musician with harp(?)

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: capital

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: capital

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: capital

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view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum

Scene Description: Chrismon and floral motifs; notice the paint remains

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: frieze: truce of God?

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: frieze: banquet of the rich man and Lazarus?

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: frieze

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: frieze: Harrowing of Hell: Christ pulls the souls by the hand; His cross stabs a skull-like devil

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: frieze: Harrowing of Hell

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: frieze: Harrowing of Hell

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: frieze: Eucharist

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: frieze: Eucharist

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: frieze: weighing of the souls

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: corbel: woman giving birth in a seating position

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: corbel: woman giving birth in a seating position

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: corbel: woman giving birth in a seating position

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: corbel: woman giving birth in a seating position

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: the east side

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: the west side

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: the east side

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: the west side

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: corbels under the roof of the south portal

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: capitals on the east side of the south portal

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: capitals on the west side of the south portal

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: close-up of three-faced corbel and freeze with blessing bishop

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: three-faced corbel and freeze with blessing bishop

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: corbels under the roof below the tower

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church exterior - south portal

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church exterior - southwest end

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church exterior - tower

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view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church interior - nave - capital - detail

Scene Description: bodyless head stands on two legs

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church interior - nave - capital - detail

Scene Description: bodyless head has a single arm and stands on two legs

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church interior - nave - capital - detail

Scene Description: another bodyless head with a single arm; stands on two legs

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view of church interior - nave - capital - detail

Scene Description: two bodyless heads, adjacent; a third to the right, at the angle; notice also a little head in the checkered pattern, top right

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church interior - nave - capital

Scene Description: a thrid capital, similar to the precedent ones

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church interior - nave - capital - detail

Scene Description: decorated with large bodyless heads and heads on legs

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view of church interior - nave - capital

Scene Description: a second capital, similar to the precedent; decorated with large bodyless heads and heads on legs

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church interior - nave - capital - detail

Scene Description: decorated with large bodyless heads

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church interior - nave - capital

Scene Description: decorated with large bodyless heads

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view of church interior - statue - St. Martin

Scene Description: painted wood; located on the railing of the upper western gallery [NB: St. Martin is the patron saint of this church]

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church interior - statue - St. Martin

Scene Description: painted wood; located on the wall of the main apse, above the altar [NB: St. Martin is the patron saint of this church]

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church interior - statue - St. Martin

Scene Description: painted wood; located on the wall of the main apse, above the altar [NB: St. Martin is the patron saint of this church]

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of font in context

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view of church interior - baptistery

Scene Description: a chapel on the north side of the nave

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: corbel: birthing woman; detail

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: corbel: birthing woman

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information

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information

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04561ART

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Date Visited: 2010-12-29

Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early Gothic

Cognate Fonts: The fonts at Grez and Muruarte de Reta; also the basins at Elorz, Auza, etc., all in Navarra, although some of these may be of a slightly earlier date [cf. FontNotes]

Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín de Artáiz

Font Location in Church: In the baptismal chapel, N side of the nave

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours

Church Address: Calle San Martín, 10, 31422 Artáiz, Navarra, Spain

Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe

Directions to Site: Located off the NA-2400, in the valley and municipality of Uncity, about 23 km E of Pamplona, about 40 km W of Sangüesa

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona

Historical Region: Merindad de Sangüesa

Additional Comments: we have two photographs of a seated figure holding a book; the figure appears to have been built into the roof soffit (?) or somewhere else in the church; Andres Ortega (Romanico en Navarra) may have supplied the images from an unknown source -- do not use them until the source is found

Font Notes: Click to view

Described and illustrated in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- ) and in Domeño (1992); Romanesque baptismal font; the cylindrical basin has its sides ornamented with a row of widely spaced ball motif inscribed in a scotia that stops at the back on the sides of a large pointed arch; the sides below have a blind arcade of round arches resting on capitals and double columns, except that one of the arches, now [December 2010] at the back of the font, facing north, is larger and definitely pointed, which must be an indication to the early-Gothic date of the font; plain hemispheric underbowl; the stem of the base is almost cylindrical pedestal, though slightly narrower at top, and the lower base is square, both plain, and both drastically cleaned (if not re-cut). Although of a simple design and decoration, this font is elegant and well-proportioned. Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008), which suggests similarity with the font at Grez, also in Navarra. Simeón Hidalgo Valencia (e-mail of 2 May 2014 to BSI) suggets the existence of a workshop in the valleys of Izagaondoa, Lizoáin, Unciti and Urraúl Bajo, which would include the fonts at Artáiz, Cemboráin, Grez, Idoate, Lérruz, Najurieta, Reta, Zuazu, and others in the area: "hermosa pila bautismal de muy probable cronología románica, cuya taza se decora con una arquería sobre dobles columnas, que recuerdan al aspecto que pudo haber tenido el claustro de la catedral de Pamplona del segundo cuarto del siglo XII . Se completa con una moldura decorada con bolas. Su decoración es cercana a otras pilas probablemente coetáneas, como la de Grez."

[cf. Index entry for Artaiz No. 2 for a holy-water stoup of undetermined age in this church]

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana, to the photographers Larrión & Pimoulier, to David de la Garma [www.arteguias.com] and to Mikel Unanue for their photographs of church and font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 615582 4721348

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.748056, -1.469722

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 44′ 53″ N, 1° 28′ 11″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?

Number of Pieces: three?

Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood

Apparatus: no

Notes: flat wooden cover; modern

REFERENCES

Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996, p. 86 fn66
Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 62, 137 and pl. 165
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: 247
Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.
García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. IV**: 469 and fig. 256
Navallas Rebolé, A., Navarra, guía y mapa, 1986, p. 279