Auza
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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches
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LB01: animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon - lion - fighting
Scene Description: wrapped around the stem of the base
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LB02: animal - reptile - snake or dragon?
Scene Description: on the stem of the base
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LB03: animal - mammal - dog?
Scene Description: smaller, on the stem of the base
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LB04: animal - mammal - quadruped
Scene Description: its tail being bitten by the dog (?) behind it
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LB05: design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: at each angle of the lower base
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04576AUZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Gascue and Ilarregui, also near Pamplona, for the animals of the base as well as the general shape of the font. The basins at Artaiz, Elorz, Muruarte de Reta, etc., all in Navarra
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín
Font Location in Church: In the presbitery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: Carr. de Basaburua, 40, 31797 Auza, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-411, in the valley and municipality of Ulzama, about 25 km N of Pamplona city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Pamplona
Additional Comments: damaged font: removal of staples; at the upper rim
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. V**: 636 and pl. 673) and in Domeño (1992: 139 and figs. 167, 168); Romanesque baptismal font; the cylindrical basin has low sides [like several of the Navarrese fonts of this type, e.g., Artaiz, Elorz, etc.] and is ornamented with a blind arcade of round arches; the chamfered underbowl is plain; the stem of the base is cylindrical and ornamented with zoomorphic reliefs: two large animals, probably a lion (?) and a snake or dragon (?), biting each other's snouts; below them, much smaller, a dog (?) bites another quadruped's tail; the lower base has the common circular volume on a square one, the upper with ball motif (?) at the corners. Although one can relate these to zoomorphic themes found in some of the Santander fonts, the execution of the animals here is very crude. There is evidence of damage and repair in the upper rim area, probably caused by the removal of the old iron staples of the cover (?). A similar font is listed for Gascue, also near Pamplona [cf. Index entry for Gascue]. [We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana and to the photographers Larrión & Pimoulier for the images of this font]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 605253 4760575
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.990556, -1.708889
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 59′ 26″ N, 1° 42′ 32″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Gran enciclopedia Navarra (11 vols.), Pamplona: Caja de Ahorros de Navarra, 1990, vol. 2: 170
- 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, 67, 139 and figs. 167, 168 on p. 140
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. V**: 636 and pl. 673