Gazolaz / Gazólaz
Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2015
Image and permission received (e-mail of 27 February 2015)
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view of font and cover
view of basin - interior
view of basin - upper view
design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: the erosion of the stone and damage to the sides are obvious on the west side of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 January 2015 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 27 February 2015)
view of church exterior - atrium - capital
view of church exterior - atrium - capital
view of church exterior - atrium - east portal
view of church exterior - atrium - capital
view of church exterior - atrium - capital
view of church exterior - atrium - capital
view of church exterior - atrium - capital
view of church exterior - atrium - detail
view of church exterior - atrium - capital
view of church exterior - atrium - capital
view of church exterior - atrium - capital
view of church exterior - atrium - capital
view of church exterior - atrium - capital
view of church exterior - detail
view of church exterior - atrium - capital
view of church exterior - atrium - capital
view of church exterior - southeast view - detail
view of church exterior - atrium - capital
Scene Description: Source caption: "Capitel del a[tr]io, representando a San Pedro cortándole la oreja a un criado de los sumos sacerdotes." [NB: the Gospel of John is the only one that names the servant [Malchus] during the arrest of Christ; he is identified as a servant of High Priest Caiaphas]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jrpvaldi, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 April 2013 by Jrpvaldi [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SanPedroGazolaz.jpg] [accessed 1 March 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - atrium - capital
Scene Description: Source caption: "Capitel representando el martirio de San Esteban." [martyrdom of St. Stephen]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jrpvaldi, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 April 2013 by Jrpvaldi [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sa.Esteban.JPg] [accessed 1 March 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - atrium - capital
Scene Description: Source caption: "Capitel representando la entrada de Jesús triunfante en Jerusalem."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jrpvaldi, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 April 2013 by Jrpvaldi [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_entrada_en_Jerusalem.jpg] [accessed 1 March 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - atrium - capital
Scene Description: Source caption: "Capitel representando el prendimiento de Cristo y el beso de Judas Iscariote." [Arrest of Christ and Judas' kiss]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jrpvaldi, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 April 2013 by Jrpvaldi [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:El_prendimiento.jpg] [accessed 1 March 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - south portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "Portal de Acceso a la Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Purificación de Gazólaz."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Canduela, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2009 by Canduela [www.flickr.com/photos/canduela/4009351786] [accessed 1 March 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - south portal - west side - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Tres arquivoltas sobre capiteles en columnas en el lado izquierdo del portal de acceso a la Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Purificación de Gazólaz."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Canduela, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2009 by Canduela [www.flickr.com/photos/canduela/4008566551] [accessed 1 March 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - south portal - east side - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Tres arquivoltas sobre capiteles en columnas en el lado derecho del portal de acceso a la Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Purificación de Gazólaz."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Canduela, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2009 by Canduela [www.flickr.com/photos/canduela/4009329262] [accessed 1 March 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Martínez (dvidm), 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 July 2011 by David Martínez (dvidm) [www.flickr.com/photos/dvidm/6103484272] [accessed 1 March 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: at the northwest end of the nave, beneath the west gallery [sotocoro]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 January 2015 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 27 February 2015)
view of church interior - nave - looking east
design element - motifs - varied
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04751GAZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Object Details: capital
Date Visited: 2010-06-04; 1996-05-01
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early?), Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Nuestra Señora de la Purificación
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, N side, beneath the gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): The Purification of St. Mary
Church Address: Plaza de Santa María s/n, Gazólaz, Navarra -- Tel.: 948 26 22 72 - 650 57 18 47
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Cizur Menor, 5-6 km WSW of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Pamplona / Cuenca de Pamplona
Additional Comments: recycled font: the base of this font is a recycled capital
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. V*: 152) and in Domeño (1992: 152): Gothic baptismal font of the first half of the 13th century; hemispheric basin ornamented with ribbed pattern; the base is a recycled capital ornamented with foliage roundels, X-motif [scissors?], etc. The basin has damage to the upper rim that may well be related to earlier cover hardware.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his additional photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 604856 4738474
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.791639, -1.717889
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 47′ 29.9″ N, 1° 43′ 4.4″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: appears to have been cemented shut
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: round, plain and flat; hinged in the middle; modern
REFERENCES
- Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 42, 62, 152
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. V*: 511