Jacoisti / Jacoiste

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 08298JAC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Other such fonts are listed in this Index for the valley of Urraúl Alto
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Clemente
Font Location in Church: Inside, beneath the W gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Clement
Church Address: 31448 Jacoisti, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-2100, in the valley and municipality of Urraúl Alto, about 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): hemispherical basin ornamented with a pattern common to the fonts of this valley, rows of ball motif and a net of vertical and horizontal mouldings that make up sketchy human figures around the basin; the base is conical and ornamented with roll moulding and ball motif. 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 644924 4742104
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.817778, -1.227222
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 49′ 4″ N, 1° 13′ 38″ 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. 114, 157
  • 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**: 517