Eulate No. 1
Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
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Results: 6 records
BU01: design element - motifs - ball
LB01: design element - motifs - ball - 4
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view of font - upper view
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04740NAV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Ermita de San Juan Bautista de Eulate
Font Location in Church: In the porch, at the entrance to the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: 13thC church; modified 17thC
Church Address: Calle Gonea, 31271 Eulate, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-7130, in the valle de Améscoa, 70 km W of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Améscoa Alta, Merindad de Estella
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II*: 613 and pl. 858) and in Domeño (1992: 149 and pl. 30): medieval baptismal font; hemispheric basin ornamented with ball motif; cylindrical stem with four ball motifs at the bottom; square lower base. Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008) [cf. Index entry for Eulate No. 3 for a holy-water stoup and for Eulate No. 2 for a holy-water stoup listed for the church of San Martín, in the same locality]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe the Viana, to the photographers Larrión & Pimoulier, and to Javier Torrens, of Pamplona, Spain, for the images of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 564940 4736294
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.776434, -2.20615
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 46′ 35.16″ N`, 2° 12′ 22.14″ W
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, p. 149 and pl. 30
- Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 39, 42, 149 and pl. 30
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. II*: 613 and p. 858
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. II*: p. 613 and pl. 858