Berriozar
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Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: covering the basin sides all the way down
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Photograph [ca. 1943], Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
BBU01: symbol - star - in a circle
Scene Description: a band of 4-, 6- and 8-point stars right at the upper basin side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Photograph [ca. 1943], Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
BBU02: symbol - cross - in a circle
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Photograph [ca. 1943], Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
LB01: design element - motifs - ball - 4
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Photograph [ca. 1943], Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga
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: Photograph [ca. 1943], Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04598BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: the font at Azoz, also in Navarra
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban
Font Location in Church: In a chapel of the N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Address: C. Iruñalde, 7, 31013 Berriozar, Navarra, Spain -- Tel.: +34 948 30 08 09
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the PA-34, in the municipality of Ansoáin, 6 km NW of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Pamplona
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in the Gran Enciclopedia Navarra (1990, v. 2: 397 and ill. on p. 398) and in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. V*: 49 and pl. 47): Romanesque, chalice-shaped baptismal font of the 12th or 13th century; the round basin has a band of 4-, 6- and 8-point stars at the rim, the rest of the basin being ornamented with ribbed pattern all the way to the base. The base is a cylindrical pedestal with four ball motifs right under the basin. The lower base is built into the floor of the church. The font has a plain wooden cover, flat and modern. Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008) with a basin similar to the one in Azoz, on an inverted capital, like the one in nearby Berrioplano.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana, of Pamplona, Spain, for the image of this font from their Archivo Uranga
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 608324 4743515
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.836542, -1.674519
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 50′ 11.55″ N, 1° 40′ 28.27″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 108 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [measurement a/p the Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008)]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat plain wooden lid; modern
REFERENCES
- Gran enciclopedia Navarra (11 vols.), Pamplona: Caja de Ahorros de Navarra, 1990, vol. 2: 397 and ill. on p. 398
- 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, 341
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. V*: 49 and pl. 47