Leache No. 1

Image copyright © Andrés Ortega, 2004
Image and permission received (e-mail of 19 November 2002)
Results: 10 records
design element - motifs - foliage
design element - motifs - ring
design element - motifs - roll moulding - double
view of church exterior - south portal
view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum
view of church exterior - tower - detail
view of church exterior - tower - detail
INFORMATION
FontID: 07036LEA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: Plaza General Moriones, Leache, Navarra, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located 4 km NW of Aibar, 11 km from Sangüesa
Historical Region: Comarca y Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the N wall
Century and Period: 13th century [composite object?], Medieval [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Andrés Ortega, Pamplona, Spain, for his photograph of this font; we are also grateful to Mikel Unanue, of San Sebastian, Spain, for his photographs of this church
Church Notes: [cf. Antonio Garcia-Omedes' page [www.arquivoltas.com/6-Navarra/Leache01.htm] [accessed 2 January 2016] on this church for details]
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of a composite nature: the hemispherical basin is rather crudely executed and has a double moulding towards the upper end Romanesque. The base is a recycled leaf capital, placed upside-down to serve as support to the basin; one of the sides is rough; probably 13th century. The Catálogo Monumental (1990?, IV**: 33) identifies the capital as being originally from the Ermita de San Martín, now in ruins, which dates to the 13th century. This same source mentions a holy-water stoup in the same church, also using a capital from the said Ermita [cf. Index entry for Leache No. 2].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.6080555556, -1.40611111111
UTM: 30T 630627 4718415
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]