Artavia No. 2

Results: 8 records

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design element - architectural - capital - volutes

Scene Description: with trefoil leaves?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

design element - motifs - ball? - 4

Scene Description: notice the lower end semi-buried in the flooring [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

design element - motifs - roll moulding - 2

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

design element - motifs - roll moulding - parallel - 2

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

design element - patterns - piping or ribbed

Scene Description: all around

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of basin - interior

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of stoup

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of stoup in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 07806ART

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: Inside the church, on the S side of the nave, by the S entranceway

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Early Gothic

Church Notes: the church is said to be 16th century

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described and illustrated in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II*: 80 and pl. 85) as a holy-water stoup of the late 12th century; the basin is roughly hemispherical, quite irregular and shallow, decorated with a double roll moulding motif at the upper basin side, the rest of the basin and underbowl covered in a thin-rib or piping pattern; the stem of the base, a column with an upper capital decorated with volutes, is described in the above source as "protogótico"; the round stem has a moulding at each end, and the lower base is round-to-square, with ball (?) motifs at 90-degree angles, and appears to be partly buried into the flooring. Assigning a date to the whole object may not be possible; also, the crudeness of the execution of the basin need not be interpreted as a sign on great antiquity. [cf. Index entry for Artavia No. 1 for the baptismal font in this church].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: round (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 7-9 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 38 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 52-54 cm

Basin Total Height: 30 cm

Height of Base: 73 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 103 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site [NB: the lower base appears to be semi-buried in the flooring, which may affect the height]

REFERENCES

García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]