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LB01: design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: on the angles of the lower base
INFORMATION
FontID: 04593BEO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asuncion o de la Natividad
Church Patron Saints: The Nativity of St. Mary & The Assumption of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Lozoain, merindad de Sangüesa
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, under the western gallery
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Cognate Fonts: Other ball-decorated fonts in Navarra (Zunzarren, etc.)
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV**: 60) and in Domeño (1992: 142): medieval baptismal font; polygonal (hemispheric) basin raised on a double-ring moulding base and a square lower base with ball motif at the corners. Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008)
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
Diameter (includes rim): 73 cm*
Height of Central Column: 30 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [measurements a/p the Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008)
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?]