Belascoain / Belascoáin
Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
Results: 6 records
BBL01: design element - motifs - ball
LB01: design element - motifs - leaf
LB02: design element - motifs - pine cone
LB03: design element - motifs - moulding
LB04: design element - motifs - ball - 4
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:
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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