Eslava No. 1

Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2000
Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
Results: 4 records
B01: design element - motifs - piping
BU01: design element - motifs - foliage
R01: design element - motifs - moulding
INFORMATION
FontID: 04706ESL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel [formerly in the Iglesia de Santa Elena, in Abaiz]
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the Aibar valley, municipality of Eslava, Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Location in Church: In a niche on the N side
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga, of Pamplona, Spain, for the photograph of this font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-) as a baptismal consisting of a hemispherical basin with a moulding at the upper rim, then ribbed on the sides; leaf motif on the underbowl; the cylindrical stem ends in a capital with mouldings at the top; the lower base is round and moulded. Described in Domeño (1992) as a medieval baptismal font originally from Abaiz, much in the same terms as the CMdeN. Ditto in the Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008). [cf. Index entry for Eslava No. 2 for a holy-water stoup of similar shape in this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
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
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?]
Navallas Rebolé, A., Navarra, guía y mapa, 1986