Ezprogui / Ezporogi
Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
Results: 1 records
view of font
Scene Description: NB: this image does not correspond to the description in the other sources
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the Institución Príncipe the Viana, Archivo Uranga (Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
INFORMATION
FontID: 04743EZP
Church/Chapel: Iglesia [aka Ermita] de Santa Elena
Church Patron Saints: St. Helena
Church Location: Ezprogui, Navarre, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located off the NA5130, in the municipality of the same name, Aibar valley, 55 km SE of Pamplona
Historical Region: Comarca y Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W gallery
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1984 ed., vol. IV*: 423) and in Domeño (1992: 150) as a medieval baptismal font; hemispheric basin raised on a cylindrical stem, both plain. [NB: an image captioned "pila bautismal" for this church and locality in the Archivo Uranga shows an object that does not correspond to this description -- a holy water stoup? -- to be resolved]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 629925 4715761
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?]