Ureta
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view of basin's top
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2002
Image Source: Javier Torrens for BSI
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2002
Image Source: Javier Torrens for BSI
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2002
Image Source: Javier Torrens for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Permission received
INFORMATION
FontID: 06076URE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan
Church Patron Saints: St. John
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the valley and municipality of Erro, NW of Pamplona
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, N north side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: The font at nearby Loizu
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. [We are grateful to Javier Torrens, of Pamplona, Spain, for the images of this font]
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
García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]