Olaz de Egues / Olaz de Egüés

Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2003
Permission received
Results: 4 records
LB01: design element - patterns - striated
LB02: symbol - star
view of font and cover
INFORMATION
FontID: 08350OLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality and valley of Egüés, NW of Pamplona
Font Location in Church: Under the choir
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV*: 236) and in Domeño (1992: 167): medieval baptismal font; plain hemispherical basin; square pedestal base ornamented with striated pattern at the angles and star symbols on the sides; circular plinth. The font has a plain wooden cover hinged about 2/3 back; a chain is hooked to the side of the basin [We are grateful to Javier Torrens, of Pamplona, Spain, for the images of this font]
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: plain wooden lid
REFERENCES
Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992
García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]