Irurozqui
Results: 5 records
B01: human figure
Scene Description: very sketchy, formed by the combination of vertical and horizontal mouldings
BBU01: design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: a row
BBU02: design element - motifs - roll moulding
LB01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
LB02: design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: a row
INFORMATION
FontID: 08289IRU
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Adrián
Church Patron Saints: St. Adrian
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality and valley of Urraúl Alto, Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Location in Church: In the N side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Other similar fonts in the churches of this valley: Meoz, Equiza...
Font Notes: Click to view 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.
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
Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2008
García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]