Bearin No. 1

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LB01: design element - motifs - ball

Scene Description: several, a/p description in Domeño (1992)

INFORMATION

FontID: 04590BEA
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Inmaculada Concepción [formerly from San Esteban?]
Church Patron Saints: The Immaculate Conception of St. Mary [formerly from St. Stephen]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Yerri, merindad de Estella
Font Location in Church: Outbuilding ["Dependencias"]
Date: ca. 1200? [base only]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [base only], Medieval / composite
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II**: 691): baptismal font consisting of a modern basin, plain, and a base of the Romanesque period, ca. 1200 [probably from the Antigua Parroquia de San Esteban, the old parish from the medieval village; this church was later turned into chapel ["ermita"]]. Domeño (1992: 141) describes it as a composite baptismal font: both volumes of the base are medieval but the basin is a later addition; cylindrical pedestal raised on a lower base ornamented with ball motif. [cf. Index entry for Bearin No. 2 for a holy-water stoup of the 16th century in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round [modern]
Basin Exterior Shape: round [modern]

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?]