Orbara
Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
Results: 4 records
B01: design element - architectural - arch-head - round - 2
Scene Description: without supports, one above the other
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Photograph [ca. 1943], Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
LB01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: one at each end of the stem of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Photograph [ca. 1943], Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
LBH01: human figure - head - 4
Scene Description: at 90-degree angles
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Photograph [ca. 1943], Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Photograph [ca. 1943], Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08042ORB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Román
Font Location in Church: Inside, beneath tyhe W gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Romanus?
Church Address: Pl. Pablo Eguinoa, 4, 31671 Orbara, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the NA-140, in the Aézcoa valley, 57 km NE of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV**: 248) as a baptismal font contemporary with the original church [i.e., ca. 1200]; the hemispherical basin has two rows of schematic arcades of round arches; the conical base has an upper roll moulding with four rendered human heads at 90-degree angles; the bottom of the stem ends in another roll moulding [NB: the lower part of the base is built into the floor of the alcove in the N wall in which the font stands]. Listed in the Gran Enciclopedia Navarra (1990, v. 8: 295). Described and illustrated in Domeño (1992: 169 and fig. 189). [We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga, for their image of this font]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 642727 4759545
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.975176, -1.249653
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 58′ 30.64″ N, 1° 14′ 58.75″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: Our ca. 1943 source image shows the font with a flat wooden cover secure to the basin through a metal ring around the upper rim. The later image in Domeño, ca. 1992, shows the font without the cover or the metal ring of the rim.
REFERENCES
- Gran enciclopedia Navarra (11 vols.), Pamplona: Caja de Ahorros de Navarra, 1990, vol. 8: 295
- Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 62, 74, 114, 169 and fig. 189
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. IV**: 248
- Navallas Rebolé, A., Navarra, guía y mapa, 1986, p. 171