Lezaun / Lezáun

Image copyright © Andrés Ortega, 2003

Image and permission received (e-mail 7/4/2003)

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LB01: design element - motifs - knob - 4

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LB02: design element - motifs - geometric

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.

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view of church interior - detail

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

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 08055LEZ
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located on the NA-7330, just E of the NA-120, about 20 km N of Estella/Lizarra
Font Location in Church: In a baptistery chapel on the N side
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Andrés Ortega, of www.romanicoennavarra.info, for his images of font and church
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).

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
García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]