Guembe No. 1 / Guenbe
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view of font - south side
view of basin - interior
view of basin - interior
view of basin - detail
design element - motifs - plant
design element - motifs - circle
design element - patterns - ribbed
view of church exterior - south portal
view of church exterior - east view
view of church exterior - east view
view of church exterior in context
view of church exterior in context
view of church exterior in context
view of font in context
view of church interior - retable - detail
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view of church interior - tombstone
view of church interior - south doorway
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08037GUE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2012-12-30
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Bartolomé
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in an alcove of the N side, W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bartholomew
Church Address: Calle San Antonio, 5, 31176 Guembe, Navarra, Spain -- Tel.: +34 948 54 22 28
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-7020, in the municipality of Guesálaz, 22-23 km W of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Estella
Additional Comments: Told to contact D. Isidoro Ursúa Irigoyen, parish priest at Estenoz and historian working at the Archivo Diocesano, Pamplona, for anything on this valley
Font Notes:
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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].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 589361 4737272
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.783256, -1.90873
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 46′ 59.72″ N, 1° 54′ 31.43″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
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, vol. 5: ill. on p. 431
- Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 63-64, 152 and pl. 69
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. II**: 81 and pl. 78
- Navallas Rebolé, A., Navarra, guía y mapa, 1986, p. 224