Echarri in Val de Echauri

Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2003

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Results: 8 records

B01: design element - motifs - floral - rosette - 6-petal

Scene Description: several, mixed with stars/suns

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B02: symbol - star or sun

Scene Description: several, mixed with rosettes

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BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed

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LB01: symbol - wheel - 6-petal in a circle - 4

Scene Description: one on each side of quadrangular base; they resemble the 6-petal in a circle motif

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R01: design element - motifs - rope

Scene Description: stylised, using short diagonal mouldings

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view of basin's top

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view of basin's top

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 04653ECH
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of the same name, north of Ciriza, in the Val de Echauri, Merindad de Pamplona
Font Location in Church: In the baptismal chapel, N side
Century and Period: 16th century,
Cognate Fonts: Fonts at Aldaba, Azoz, Erroz, Ollacarizqueta, Ubani and Urroz Villa, according to the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?, vol. V**: 75) and Domeño (1992: 54)
Described and illustrated in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. V*: 574 and pl. 538); in Domeño (1992: 54, 144-145): medieval baptismal font of the 16th century; the basin has ribbed pattern and an upper band with six-petal flowers and stars/suns; the base is prismatic with wheel motif [six-petal?] ornamentation. [We are grateful to Javier Torrens, of Pamplona, Spain, for the images of this font]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

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?]
Navallas Rebolé, A., Navarra, guía y mapa, 1986