Iracheta No. 1

Results: 2 records

LB01: design element - motifs - foliage

LB02: human figure - head

Scene Description: three or one, depending on the source

INFORMATION

FontID: 08283IRA
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Leoz, Merindad de Olite
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, S side
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. III: 152) and in Domeño (1992: 155): Romanesque baptismal font from ca. 1200; plain hemispherical basin raised on a plain cylindrical pedestal and a lower base with faces/heads and foliage [NB: Domeño mentions one face ['un rostro"] whereas the CMdeN mentions three ["decorado con tres caras"]]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

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?]