Larrainzar / Larraintzar

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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

LB01: design element - motifs

INFORMATION

FontID: 08040LAR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro [orig. from the abandoned church at Udoz]
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the Ulzama valley, on the NA-4110, 23 km NW of Pamplona
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, near the altar
Century and Period: 12th century (basin) -- 16th century(base) [composite font], Medieval / composite
Cognate Fonts: Basin is similar to the one at Elorz (Navarra)
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , V**: 662) as a baptismal font formerly from the abandoned hamlet of nearby Udoz; it is made up of a 12th-century basin ornamented with a blind arcade of round arches, and a round pedestal base with geometrical motifs belonging to the 16th century; plain circular lower base. Described in Domeño (1992: 159) in similar terms. Described and illustrated in the Gran Enciclopedia Navarra (1990: v. 6: 433) as a composite font; the basin is matched to the one at Elorz (Navarra).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

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