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Image Source: digital image of a photograph by Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)

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Image Source: digital photograph by Javier Torrens for BSI

Copyright Instructions: Permission received

INFORMATION

FontID: 06074LOI

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés Apóstol

Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew

Church Location: c/ San Andrés, 31697 Loizu, Navarra, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra

Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Valle de Erro, 27 km NW of Pamplona

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Pamplona

Historical Region: Comarca Val de Erro, Merindad de Sangüesa

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W gallery

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Cognate Fonts: The font at nearby Ureta

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier, as well as to Javier Torrens, all of Pamplona, Spain, for the images of this font

Church Notes: Romanesque church

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV*: 294); described and illustrated in Domeño (1992: 161 and pl. 183): medieval baptismal font; both the hemispherical basin and the cylindrical pedestal base are plain, as is the circular plinth. Plain and flat wooden cover.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.916027, -1.439315

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: flat and plain, hinged at the back

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?]