Izurzu No. 1 / Icurçu / Içurçu / Izurtzu / Ycurçu / Yçurçu
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - patterns - ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
INFORMATION
FontID: 08297IZU
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: 31175 Izurzu, Navarra, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Guesálaz, Merindad de Estella
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocessis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Comarca de Estella Oriental -- Merindad de Estella
Font Location in Church: In the N side, under the choir
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Cognate Fonts: Ibiricu de Yerri No. 2
Church Notes: 12thC church; extended 16thC;
Described and illustrated in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II**: 106 and pl. 111) and in Domeño (1992: 41 and pl. 26): hemispherical basin ornamented with ribbed pattern between mouldings at the upper rim and at the bottom of the underbowl; plain cylindrical pedestal base. Uranga & Iñiguez (1973, vol. V: 258-259) date this font to the 12th-13th century; the CMdeN (ibid.) describes it simply as "medieval"; Domeño (1992: 118 fn19) argues that it should be dated to the 16th century. [cf. Index entry for Izurzu No. 2 for a medieval holy-water stoup in this church] [We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier, all of Pamplona, Spain, for their image of this font]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
42º 46' 54.10'' N,
1º 51' 55.43'' W
UTM: 30T 592839 4737225
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: plain and flat
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?]
Uranga Galdiano, José Esteban, Arte medieval navarro, Pamplona: Editorial Aranzadi - Caja de Ahorros de Navarra, 1973
