Liberri

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - architectural - arris

all around the basin
Scene Description: all around the basin

LB01: design element - motifs - rope moulding

about half-way down
Scene Description: about half-way down

LB02: design element - motifs - roll moulding

at the bottom of the stem of the base
Scene Description: at the bottom of the stem of the base

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08324LIB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Ginés
Font Location in Church: Inside, beneath the W gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Genesius of Arles [aka Genès, Geniès. Gennis, Gennys]
Church Address: 31481 Liberri, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-150, in the municipality of Lónguida, 23 km ESE of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV**: 122 and pl. 143); described in Domeño (1992: 161): medieval baptismal font; hemispherical basin with arris all around making the outer perimeter polygonal; cylindrical base with rope moulding about half-way down and a roll moulding at the bottom where it joins with the hemispherical lower base. The illustration in the CMdeN shows a plain flat wooden cover on the font. Noted in Plazaola Artola (2008?)

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 628586 4736256
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.768056, -1.428333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 46′ 5″ N, 1° 25′ 42″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal

REFERENCES

  • Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 42, 44, 161
  • García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], IV**: 122 and pl. 143
  • Plazaola Artola, Juan, "El arte gótico en Euskal Herria", hiru.com [Etengabeko Ikaskuntza], [2008?]