Esquiroz de Galar / Esquíroz de Galar / Ezkirotz

Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
Results: 5 records
design element - motifs - ball
design element - motifs - roll moulding
design element - motifs - roll moulding
design element - motifs - roll moulding
INFORMATION
FontID: 08245ESQ
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Adrián
Church Patron Saints: St. Adrian
Church Location: Plaza 3, 31191 Esquíroz, Navarra, Spain -- Tel.: +34 948 31 83 66
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-6001, in the municipality of Galar, 6 km SSW of Pamplona and just W of its airport
Historical Region: Cendea de Galar -- Cuenca de Pamplona -- Merindad de Pamplona
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, beneath the gallery
Date: ca. 1555?
Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga, of Pamplona, Spain, for their image of this font
Church Notes: church dates from ca. 1555
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. V*: 714): baptismal font of the 16th century; polygonal [dodecagonal?] basin with arrises; it is ornamented with horizontal roll mouldings at the top and bottom of the basin sides; the underbowl has ball ornamentation; the base is also polygonal and ornamented with roll mouldings. The wooden font cover is modern. There is at least one metal staple to anchor the cover to the upper rim.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
42.7755,
-1.6561
UTM: 30T 60 9937 4736736
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]