Irurozqui / Irurozki

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 08289IRU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Other similar fonts in the churches of this valley: Meoz, Equiza...
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Adrián
Font Location in Church: In the N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Adrian
Church Address: Calle San Adrián, 5, 31448 Irurozqui, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-2100, in the municipality and valley of Urraúl Alto, 25-30 km E of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Notes:
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-) and in Domeño (1992): medieval baptismal font [Domeño has it as Romanesque]; hemispherical basin ornamented with a combination of ball motif and a network of vertical and horizontal motifs that define sketchy human figures, an ornmamentation common to other fonts in this valley. The base is conical and ornamented with ball motif and a moulding. The Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008) notes a number of Romanesque basins of similar shape in Adoain, Aristu, Elcoaz, Jacoisti, Ayechu, Ongoz. Irurozqui, Arangozqui and Zabalza, in the same valley, and Azparren, Equiza, Uli Alto, Meoz and Igal in nearby areas.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 642616 4735431
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.758153, -1.257129
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 45′ 29.35″ N, 1° 15′ 25.66″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
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, p. 43, 75, 114, 156
  • Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2008, vol. 1: 158
  • García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. IV**: 514