Learza
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08313LEA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Andrés
Font Location in Church: Inside, NW corner
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: 31281 Learza, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-7413, in the municipality of Etayo, about 50 km SW of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Estella
Font Notes:
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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.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 567322 4718549
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.616437, -2.179141
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 36′ 59.17″ N, 2° 10′ 44.91″ 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. 112, 160
- 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. 2: 830
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. II*: 604