Guembe No. 1

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design element - motifs - ball - 4

Scene Description: at the angles

design element - motifs - circle

Scene Description: in groups of three, on some of the ribs of the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

design element - motifs - plant

Scene Description: on the centre rib of the basin -- notice also the cover hardware

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design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: covering the sides and underbowl

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

Scene Description: metal hardware from the old cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of basin - interior

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view of basin - interior

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view of church exterior - east view

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view of church exterior - east view

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view of church exterior - south portal

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view of church exterior in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior in context

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view of church interior - retable

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view of church interior - retable - detail

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view of church interior - retable - detail

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view of church interior - south doorway

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view of church interior - tombstone

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view of font - south side

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view of font in context

Scene Description: inside the alcove of the north wall

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 08037GUE

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Bartolomé

Church Patron Saints: St. Bartholomew

Country Name: Spain

Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra

Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Guesálaz, Merindad de Estella

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Pamplona

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in an alcove of the N side, W end of the nave

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Illustrated in the Gran Enciclopedia Navarra (1990, v. 5: 431); described and illustrated in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II**: 81 and pl. 78) and in Domeño (1992: 63-64, 152 and pl. 69): Romanesque baptismal font; hemispherical basin ornamented with ribbed pattern and with stylised plant and circle motifs; plain cylindrical stem; square lower base has ball motif ornamentation at the angles. On-site notes: the basin retains the old anchors for the font cover, both side and rim; the inner well of the font has been divided at a later date and, like the font at nearby Estenoz, it is tiled in white. [cf. Index entry for Guembe No. 2 for a late-medieval (?) stoup in this church].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: two?

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: tiled inner well

Rim Thickness: 11-12 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 76 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 99 cm

Basin Depth: 40 cm

Basin Total Height: 53-54

Height of Base: 35-36 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 89 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site

LID INFORMATION

Notes: iron lock and staples from old cover still in this font

REFERENCES

Gran enciclopedia Navarra (11 vols.), Pamplona: Caja de Ahorros de Navarra, 1990

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?]

Navallas Rebolé, A., Navarra, guía y mapa, 1986