Artavia No. 1

Results: 16 records

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design element - motifs - roll moulding - parallel - 2

Scene Description: notice also the marks on the upper rim, perhaps from cover hardware?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

information

Image Source: field notes taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of basin - interior

Scene Description: notice the lack of drain, which probably helps date the font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - south porch

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - south porch - detail

Scene Description: older plaque showing the street number; notice the antiquated spelling (Yglesia, Estevan)

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - south porch - detail

Scene Description: recent plaque giving the date of the building (which may very well be that of the basin of the font)

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - south view - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - west tower - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of font - south side

Scene Description: [orientation is approdimate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of font - southwest side

Scene Description: [orientation is approdimate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: the present placement of the font [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: the present placement of the font [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: the present placement of the font [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: the present placement of the font [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 06529ART

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban [aka San Estevan]

Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen

Country Name: Spain

Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra

Directions to Site: Located off the NA-718, 8 km NNW of Estella, WSW of Pamplona

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Pamplona

Historical Region: Merindad de Estella

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Century and Period: 16th century, Late Medieval [composite]

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin, almost cylindrical, plain except for a pair of parallel roll mouldings at the upper rim; the inner well of the basin has no drainage apparent; the basin is raised on a plain round stem and a wider round lower base, also plain. There is no cover present, but there are some traces of there having been some hardware attached to the upper rim. The font was found holding a flower base inside it, and we were not able to ascertain whether or not it is used for baptisms but were informed that the font used to be inside the church, at the west end of the nave, but was replaced by a later, modern, during one of the restorations the church underwent. At a still later restoration it was restored to the church and placed in the present position in a northeast chapel of the nave [cf. Index entry for Artavia No. 2 for a holy-water stoup near the entranceway].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 8.5-9 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 80-81 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 98-99 cm

Basin Depth: 30 cm

Basin Total Height: 45 cm

Height of Base: 60 cm

Height of Central Column: 44 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]