Lezaun / Lezáun
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Ortega, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph April 2003 by Andrés Ortega [www.romanicoennavarra.info]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail 7/4/2003)
view of church interior
Scene Description: The portal is the external portal of the old Romanesque church enclosed within the nave of the new Gothic church.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Ortega, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph April 2003 by Andrés Ortega [www.romanicoennavarra.info]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail 7/4/2003)
view of church interior - detail
![left capital ot he former external portal of the old Romanesque temple, now enclosed within the nave of the newer Gothic church; the capital appears to have an Annunciation [and a Nativity?] scene on it](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1030407004_compressed.png)
Scene Description: left capital ot he former external portal of the old Romanesque temple, now enclosed within the nave of the newer Gothic church; the capital appears to have an Annunciation [and a Nativity?] scene on it
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Ortega, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph April 2003 by Andrés Ortega [www.romanicoennavarra.info]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail 7/4/2003)
design element - motifs - knob - 4
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Ortega, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph April 2003 by Andrés Ortega [www.romanicoennavarra.info]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail 7/4/2003)
design element - motifs - geometric
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08055LEZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro
Font Location in Church: In a baptistery chapel on the N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: late-12thC church; re-built 16thC
Church Address: C. San Pedro, 51, 31177 Lezáun, Navarra, Spain -- Tel.: +34 948 54 20 23
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-7330, just E of the NA-120, about 20 km N of Estella/Lizarra, 40 km of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?) and in Domeño (1992): medieval baptismal font; the roughly hemispherical basin is polygonal on the outside [18? 20? sides] and round on the inside; the pedestal base is octagonal [square with trimmed corners] and the lower base is square; the latter has knob ornamentation at the angles of the upper surface, and a faint geometric motif on the vertical sides, which are half-buried under the raised flooring. Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008). The font here is mentioned in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/navarra_Lezaun.pdf] [accessed 25 May 2025]: "a pila bautismal medieval se sitúa en el lado del evangelio y presenta fuste achaflanado con pencas en la basa y taza poligonal lisa".
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Andrés Ortega, of www.romanicoennavarra.info, for his images of font and church. We are also grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 582276 473690
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.780278, -1.994167
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 46′ 49″ N, 1° 59′ 39″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: polygonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
REFERENCES
- Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 42, 62, 160-161
- Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. II**: 259