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
FontID: 08176BEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of the same name, in the Valle de Echauri, W of Pamplona
Font Location in Church: Under the choir, in an alcove
Century and Period: 13th century (early), Romanesque
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. [We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana, of Pamplona, Spain, for their image from the Archivo Uranga]
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?]