Ayechu / Aietxu

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design element - motifs - ball

Scene Description: several

Image Source: digital image of a photograph by Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)

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

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital image of a photograph by Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)

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

design element - motifs - roll moulding - ball

Image Source: digital image of a photograph by Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)

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

human figure - 2

Scene Description: stylised

Image Source: digital image of a photograph by Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)

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

view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: digital photograph 11 May 2008 in Navarchivo [www.navarchivo.com/es/ayechu#] [accessed 20 January 2021]

Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph 11 May 2008 in Navarchivo [www.navarchivo.com/es/ayechu#] [accessed 20 January 2021]

Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

view of font and cover

Image Source: digital image of a photograph by Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)

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

INFORMATION

FontID: 04578AYE

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan

Church Patron Saints: St. John

Church Location: Calle San Juan, 5, 31448 Ayechu, Navarra, Spain -- Tel.: +34 948 88 00 35

Country Name: Spain

Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra

Directions to Site: Located off (E) the NA-2100, in the municipality of Urraúl Alto, about 50 km E of Pamplona

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Pamplona

Historical Region: Merindad de Sangüesa / Comarca de Lumbier

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W gallery

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana and to the photographers Larrión & Pimoulier, of Pamplona, Spain, for the photograph of this font

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-). Described and illustrated in Domeño (1992): Romanesque baptismal font; the deep bucket-shaped basin has a roll moulding with ball motif ornamentation below the rim, and two schematic human figures and ball motif at the lower side; the stem of the base is cylindrical and ornamented with a roll moulding about half-way up; the lower base is round and ornamented with ball motif; a plinth has been built around the lower base. A very crude work; has paint on the basin sides. The font has a plain flat wooden cover with an metal bar lock. The Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008) notes a number of Romanesque basins of similar shape in Adoain, Aristu, Elcoaz, Jacoisti, Ayechu, Ongoz. Irurozqui, Arangozqui and Zabalza, in the same valley, and Azparren, Equiza, Uli Alto, Meoz and Igal in nearby areas.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 655626 4742242

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: three?

Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: plain flat wooden lid [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992

Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2008

García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]