Eparoz No. 1 / Epároz

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design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 04663EPA
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés [orig. from the church at Aizcurgui]
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: 31448 Epároz, Navarra, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the valley and municipality of Urraúl Alto, merindad de Sangüesa, 45 km from Pamplona on the NA-150
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Valle de Urraul Alto, Cuenca de Lumbier-Aóiz
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W gallery
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Ochoa de Alda's Diccionario of 1842 and Madoz' Diccionario of 1845- record the "iglesia parroquial" dedicated to St. Andrew and "servida por un vicario". Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV**: 504) as a medieval baptismal font; the hemispherical basin is ornamented with ribbed pattern and mounted on a plain cylindrical base and a circular plinth. Described in Domeño (1992) in the same terms.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
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?]
Madoz, Pascual, Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico de España y sus posesiones de Ultramar, Madrid: Establecimiento tipográfico de P. Madoz y L. Sagasti [imprint varies on vols. 6-16], 1845-1850
Ochoa de Alda, Teodoro, Diccionario geográfico histórico de Navarra, Pamplona: Imprenta del Autor, 1842