Ureta
Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2002
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2002
Image Source: digital photograph 2002 by Javier Torrens Alzu
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2002
Image Source: digital photograph 2002 by Javier Torrens Alzu
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2002
Image Source: digital photograph 2002 by Javier Torrens Alzu
Copyright Instructions: Permission received
INFORMATION
Font ID: 06076URE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: The font at nearby Loizu
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, N north side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John
Church Address: 31195 Ureta, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the valley and municipality of Erro, NW of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-, vol. IV*: 315 and pl. 435); described in Domeño (1992: 180): hemispherical mounted baptismal font of the Romanesque period; both the basin and the cylindrical pedestal base are plain. Unlike the font at nearby Loizu, which is quite similar, this one stands on a square plinth that has ball motif at the corners.
Credit and Acknowledgements: W are grateful to Javier Torrens, of Pamplona, Spain, for the images of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 630049 4758031
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.963821, -1.405426
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 57′ 49.76″ N, 1° 24′ 19.54″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
REFERENCES
- Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 180
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. IV*: 315