Gascue
Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
Results: 5 records
N.A: design element - motifs - ball - 4
Scene Description: one at each corner of the lower base, now much eroded
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph for the Institución Príncipe de Viana (Pamplona, Spain) by photographers Larrión and Pimoulier
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph for the Institución Príncipe de Viana (Pamplona, Spain) by photographers Larrión and Pimoulier
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - columns
Scene Description: columns are plain, devoid of capitals or bases
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph for the Institución Príncipe de Viana (Pamplona, Spain) by photographers Larrión and Pimoulier
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon - lion - fighting
Scene Description: both wrapped around the stem of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: edited detail of a digital image of a photograph for the Institución Príncipe de Viana (Pamplona, Spain) by photographers Larrión and Pimoulier
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: edited detail of a digital image of a photograph for the Institución Príncipe de Viana (Pamplona, Spain) by photographers Larrión and Pimoulier
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04749GAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Auza and Ilarregui, near Pamplona, for the animals of the base and the general shape of the font.
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Address: Gascue 31867, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality and valley of Odieta, in the Ulzama, N of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Pamplona
Additional Comments: damaged font: some damage around the upper rim, at the iron staples
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. V**: 363); described and illustrated in Domeño (1992: 151 and figs. 176, 177): Romanesque baptismal font; the upper part of the basin is cylindrical and ornamented with a blind arcade of round arches; the underbowl is conical and plain. The upper part of the base is a cylindrical column around which are wrapped two animals [a lion? and a snake or dragon?] who bite each other in the mouth, a motif found in at least one other Navarrese font, the one at Auza, also near Pamplona, quite similar to this one [cf. Index entry for Auza]. The lower base is circular at top and and square with ball ornamentation at bottom. The flat wooden lid appears modern, but the staples on the rim are from an older cover.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana and to the photographers Larrión and Pimoulier, all of Pamplona, Spain, for the images of this font
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.937, -1.718
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 56' 18.51" N, 1° 40' 1.87" W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. Font notes]
REFERENCES
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996, p. 86 fn66
- Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 62, 67, 151 and figs. 176, 177
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. V**: 363
- Navallas Rebolé, A., Navarra, guía y mapa, 1986, p. 142