Learza

INFORMATION

FontID: 08313LEA
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Andrés
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: This is now a farm, located in the municipality of Etayo, Merindad de Estella
Font Location in Church: In the N side, W end
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?) and in Domeño (1992): Romanesque baptismal font of ca. 1200; hemispherical basin mounted on a cylindrical pedestal base, both plain. [NB: the CMdeN (ibid.) mentions a holy-water stoup made of alabaster and dated to the 18th century, therefore not included in this Index]. Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008) as one of a series of plain medieval fonts in Navarra at Muniain de Guesalaz, Arroniz, Learza, Oteiza, Echavarri, Azuelo, Etayo, Ubago, Mues, Cabrega, Murieta, Piedramillera and Villamayor de Monjardin, in the Estella region, as well as those in the valleys of Oloriz, , Garinoain and Muruzabal de Andion, as plain medieval fonts in the area.

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?]