Belascoain / Belascoáin

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Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003

Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)

Results: 6 records

BBL01: design element - motifs - ball

Scene Description: a row
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 - leaf

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)

LB02: design element - motifs - pine cone

Scene Description: several
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)

LB03: design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: two
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)

LB04: design element - motifs - ball - 4

Scene Description: one at angle of the lower 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)

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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: 08176BEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción de Belascoáin
Font Location in Church: Inside, beneath the W gallery, in an alcove
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: C. la Asunción, 20, 31174 Belascoaín, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-7015, in the municipality of the same name, in the Valle de Echauri, 14-15 km WSW of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Font Notes:
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. V*: 424): baptismal font of the early 13th century; the roughly hemispherical basin has a row of ball motif on the lower side; the base is cylindrical, the lower part plain except for a moulding, the upper part forming a capital ornamented with leaves and pine-cones (?); the lower base is square with a ball motif at each angle. Plain flat wooden cover.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana, of Pamplona, Spain, for their image from the Archivo Uranga

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 595573 4734527
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.757317, -1.832035
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 45′ 26.34″ N, 1° 49′ 55.33″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat plain wooden lid

REFERENCES

  • García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. V*: 424