Garisoain / Garísoain

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Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004

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view of font and cover

note the modern alteration to the inner basin well
Scene Description: note the modern alteration to the inner basin well
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph 2004 by Javier Torrens Alzu
Copyright Instructions: Permission received from the author

view of font and cover

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph 2004 by Javier Torrens Alzu
Copyright Instructions: Permission received from the author

design element - motifs - floral - rosette - 4-petal

one on each side of the lower end of the polygonal stem
Scene Description: one on each side of the lower end of the polygonal stem
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph 2004 by Javier Torrens Alzu
Copyright Instructions: Permission received from the author

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04747GAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Natividad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a niche of the N side of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): The Nativity
Church Notes: 13thC church; modified 16thC
Church Address: Calle Mayor, s/n, 31291 Garísoain, Navarra, Spain -- Tel.: +34 948 54 22 28
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located of the NA-7120, in the municipality and valley of Guesálaz, 45 km of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Estella
Additional Comments: recycled font: the inner basin well has been altered and reduced in modern times
Font Notes:
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 pyramidal 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].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Javier Torrens, of Pamplona, Spain., for the photographs of this font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 589062 4730222
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.71934, -1.91227
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 43′ 9.62″ N, 1° 54′ 44.17″ W

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, p. 62, 151
  • García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. II**: 73