Larragueta / Larrageta
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Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
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design element - patterns - ribbed
design element - architectural - capital - leaf
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08309LAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban de Larragueta
Font Location in Church: Inside, beneath the W gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Address: Calle San Esteban, 4, 31195 Larragueta, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the AP-15, in the municipality of Ansoáin, about 10 km NW of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Pamplona
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. V*: 56) and in Domeño (1992: 158): medieval baptismal font [NB: Domeño has it as Romanesque whereas the CMdeN simply as medieval]; large hemispherical basin ornamented with ribbed pattern; the base is monolithic but divided into two volumes: the upper is a foliated capital; the lower is octagonal and decorated with mouldings. The ca. 1943 source image shows a flat plain wooden cover on the basin.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga, of Pamplona, Spain, for the image of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 603776 4745866
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.858333, -1.729722
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 51′ 30″ N, 1° 43′ 47″ W
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: flat and plain wooden lid
REFERENCES
- Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 42, 62, 115, 158
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. V*: 56