Etayo

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LB01: design element - motifs - ball - 4

Scene Description: one at each angle

INFORMATION

FontID: 04738ETA
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of the same name, Merindad de Estella
Font Location in Church: In the baptismal chapel, N side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?) and in Domeño (1992): Romanesque baptismal font of te 12th or 13trh century; plain basin; pedestal base with ball ornamentation at the angles. Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008) as one of a series of plain medieval fonts in Navarra at Muniain de Guesalaz, Arroniz, Learza, Oteiza, Echavarri, Azuelo, Etayo, Ubago, Mues, Cabrega, Murieta, Piedramillera and Villamayor de Monjardin, in the Estella region, as well as those in the valleys of Oloriz, , Garinoain and Muruzabal de Andion, as plain medieval fonts in the area.

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
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?]