Arzoz No. 1
Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
Permission received
Results: 3 records
B01: design element - architectural - arris
Scene Description: all around the basin sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
Image Source: Javier Torrens for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Permission received
LB01: design element - architectural - arcade - trefoiled arches
Scene Description: one on each side of the polygonal stem (covered with a thick coat of dark-brown paint)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
Image Source: Javier Torrens for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Permission received
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
Image Source: Javier Torrens for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Permission received
INFORMATION
FontID: 04573ARZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Román
Church Patron Saints: St. Romanus
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Guesálaz, merindad de Estella
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end of the nave
Century and Period: 14th century [base] -- 16th century[basin] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II**: 60) and in Domeño (1992: 139): composite baptismal font: the polygonal stem of the base, ornamented with trefoil arches, is Gothic, 14th century; the basin, decorated with arris, is a later addition, late 16th century. Tallish dome wooden cover. The font and the cover are painted a not-very-becoming dark brown colour. [cf. Index entries for Arzoz nos. 2-3 for two other objects listed for the church of San Gervasio, in the same town]. [We are grateful to Javier Torrens, of Pamplona, Spain, for the photographs of this font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: unknown
Material: wood
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?]