Eslava No. 1
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B01: design element - motifs - piping
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BU01: design element - motifs - foliage
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R01: design element - motifs - moulding
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view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2000
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04706ESL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel de Eslava [formerly in the Iglesia de Santa Elena, in Abaiz]
Font Location in Church: In a niche on the N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Previous Font Location(s): formerly in the Iglesia de Santa Elena, in Abaiz
Church Notes: church dedicated to the Holy Cross documented 1095; present church is 16thC re-building of an earlier Romanesque one;
Church Address: C. el Aire, 17, 31494 Eslava, Navarra, Spain -- Tel.: +34 948 87 70 08
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-132, in the Aibar valley, 56 km SSE of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Notes:
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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]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga, of Pamplona, Spain, for the photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 626545 4713539
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.563889, -1.458333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 33′ 50″ N, 1° 27′ 30″ W
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, p. 42, 147
- 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: 122
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. IV*: 325
- Navallas Rebolé, A., Navarra, guía y mapa, 1986, p. 295