Artajona No. 1 / Artaxoa
Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
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B01: design element - motifs - floral - rosette - in a circle
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión and Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión and Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
view of church interior - retable - detail
Scene Description: group baptismal scene: main retable
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Domeño, 1992
Image Source: Domeño (1992: pl. 7)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04565ART
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (early), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Saturnino del Cerco
Font Location in Church: Beneath the W gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Saturninus
Church Notes: 13thC church replaced an earlier building -- The early-15th century main retable in this church has a scene in which six adults are baptised in a Gothic font [image N030803001 - nor for public use]
Church Address: C. San Saturnino, 15, 31140 Artajona, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-6020-NA-6030 crossroads, about 24 km SSW of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Olite
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. III: 7) and in Domeño (1992: 138 and pl. 2); medieval baptismal font; hemispheric basin ornamented with flowers inside circles; plain cylindrical base [NB: the CMdeN describes the basin as a plain conical basin ["taza cónica lisa"]; Domeño describes it as mentioned above ["Taza semiesférica decorada con flores inscritas en círculos"]; the CMdeN suggests a date around that of the consecration of the church, November 14, 1126. One of the motifs is rather odd, looking unfinished, but resembling a building. [We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana and to the photographers Larrión & Pimoulier for the image of this font]. [NB: the CMdeN mentions a stone holy-water stoup in the south side, west end but does not provide a date -- not listed]
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.591358, -1.765206
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 35′ 28.89″ N, 1° 45′ 54.74″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: plain flat wooden cover
REFERENCES
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, "La pila bautismal románica de Mazariegos (Burgos): una representación de la Jerusalem celeste", t. XV, 1-2, Boletín del Museo Arqueológico Nacional, 1998, pp. 197-203; p. 199
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996, p. 69 fn4, 81 fn51
- Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 110, 138 and pl. 2
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. III: 7