Berrioplano / Berrio de Ius / Berriobeiti
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BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: incised
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: 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: arround the upper rim of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - architectural - arch
Scene Description: very schematic, in groups of three, all around the basin side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - architectural - capital - leaf
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: 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: at top and bottom of the central cylindrical stem
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04596BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Cognate Fonts: Berriozar, Azoz, Aldaba, all in Navarra [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Purificación
Font Location in Church: In the presbitery
Church Patron Saint(s): The Purification of St. Mary
Church Address: Plaza Ayuntamiento 9, 31195 - Berrioplano, Navarra, Spain -- Tel.: 948-268253
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located just NW of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad y cuenca de Pamplona
Additional Comments: re-cycled stoup
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Uranga & Iñiguez (1973) where it is dated to the 13th century. Described and illustrated in Domeño (1992). Medieval baptismal font; the hemispheric basin is ornamented with incised ribbed pattern; [NB: Domeño describes the base as a cylindrical stem topped by a capital ornamented with stylised leaf motif; that should have been the order of things -and it was, since Uranga's illustration of ca. 1973 (?) shows the pedestal in the right position with the leaf capital right under the undebowl of the basin. At present [ca. 1992] , however, the leaf capital is at the bottom and the font has an odd-look, like a puzzle of not-well-matched pieces; it is obvious that the leaf capital should have been at the top and the square moulding with ball at the angles should have been at the bottom. The description in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?) is correct]. Bilbao (1996) mentions reticular pattern ornamentation on this font; there is none. The Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008) remarks on the "seudocapitel" that serves as base, and that it is similar to the one in nearby church of San Esteban in Berriozar. This latter source (ibid.) adds that local sources in this town have memory of an earlier font that was located in the northwest corner, under the west gallery;that lost font was in the style of the fonts at the churches of Aldaba, Azoz and Berriozar, but it was replaced in the 1950s or 1960s by one made of marble; both these fonts were later lost (?) and the church made do with the holy-water stoup, which is the object used as font nowadays.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana, of Pamplona, Spain, and to the photographers Larrión and Pimoulier for the images of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 606827 4745264
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 66 cm*
Height of Central Column: 60 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [measurements a/p the Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008)]
REFERENCES
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996, p. 71 fn10
- Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 46, 62, 115, 142 and pl. 38 on p. 47
- 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: 340
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. V*: 43
- Navallas Rebolé, A., Navarra, guía y mapa, 1986, p. 146
- Uranga Galdiano, José Esteban, Arte medieval navarro, Pamplona: Editorial Aranzadi - Caja de Ahorros de Navarra, 1973, vol. 5: 259 and pl. 366