Garisoain / Garísoain
Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
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LB01: design element - motifs - floral - rosette - 4-petal
Scene Description: one on each side of the lower end of the polygonal stem
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
Image Source: Javier Torrens for BSI [detail]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
Image Source: Javier Torrens for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Permission received
view of font and cover
Scene Description: note the modern alteration to the inner basin well
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
Image Source: Javier Torrens for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Permission received
INFORMATION
FontID: 04747GAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Natividad
Church Patron Saints: The Nativity
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Guesálaz, Merindad de Estella
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a niche of the N side of the nave
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II**: 73) and in Domeño (1992: 151): medieval baptismal font; plain hemispheric basin raised on an octagonal stem ornamented with four-petal flowers at the lower end. Tall piramydal wooden and decorated cover of the 'rim-buffet' type: the front panels open to provide access to the basin well; the basin well itself has been relined with cement and reduced across to half of the volume [modern alteration]. [We are grateful to Javier Torrens, of Pamplona, Spain., for the photographs of this font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round [now altered -- cf. FontNotes]
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Notes: rim-buffet type
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?]