Azparren
Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image by the Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - motifs - piping - 4
Scene Description: the vertical mouldings combined with the horizantal ones make up four stylised human figures holding their hands all around the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image by the Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: a row of these
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image by the 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
Scene Description: all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image by the Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: a row
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image by the Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
human figure - 4
Scene Description: stylised and made up of the vertical and horizontal mouldings at 90-degree angles on te basin sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image by the 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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Navarchivo, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 20 September 2009 in Navarchivo [www.navarchivo.com/es/azparren] [accessed 20 January 2021]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
view of church exterior in context - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ayuntamiento del Valle de Arce, 2021
Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph in Valle de Arce / Artzibar [www.valledearce.com/fotografia-antigua/azparren/] [accessed 20 January 2021]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: about 2/3 up the stem of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image by the Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: a row at the bottom of the cylindrical stem
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image by the Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04583AZP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Similar to the fonts at Equiza and Meoz, also in Navarra [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, under the west gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: original 13thC church; modified 16th and 19thC
Church Address: Calle San Martín, 1, 31439 Azparren, Navarra, Spain --Tel.: +34 948 33 60 12
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-2045 in the municipality of Valle de Arce / Artzibar, S of Oroz-Betelu, 45-50 km ENE of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Sangüesa / Comarca de Auñamendi
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-) and in Domeño (1992); described and illustrated in the Gran Enciclopedia Navarra (1990): Romanesque baptismal font of the 13th century; the deep basin has a moulding with ball motif ornamentation at the upper rim, and a row of ball motif at the lower side separated by vertical mouldings; the stem of the base is cylindrical and ornamented with an upper roll moulding and ball motif lower down; the lower base or plinth is quadrangular. [NB: although no mention is made of it in the sources it should be pointed out that the crossing of vertical and horizontal mouldings on the basin sides of this series of fonts is turned into a stylised representation of human figures with their arms stretched around the basin, a motif that appears in other Romanesque fonts all over; on this particular font the intention of the carver can be identified in wo spots: the use of one of the ball motifs to imitate a head and the split of the lower moulding into two legs]. The font has a modern octagonal prism wooden cover with a Latin cross finial. 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.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana and to the photographers Larrión & Pimoulier, of Pamplona, Spain, for the image of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 640317 4748551
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: Low octagonal pyramid with cross finial. [NB: kept padlocked]
REFERENCES
- Gran enciclopedia Navarra (11 vols.), Pamplona: Caja de Ahorros de Navarra, 1990, vol. II: 214 and ill on p. 215
- Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 43, 112, 141 and pl. 32 on p. 44
- Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2008, vol. 1: 158
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. IV*: 102
- Navallas Rebolé, A., Navarra, guía y mapa, 1986, p. 170
- Urrutia, R. M., "Tres pilas bautismales de gran interés en el valle de Arce"", 1974, Cuadernos de Etnología y Etnografía Navarra, 1974, pp. 159-161; p. 159