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

FontID: 04576AUZ
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the valley and municipality of Ulzama, merindad de Pamplona
Font Location in Church: In the presbitery
Century and Period: 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
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]

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
Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996
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?]