Maquirriain de Ezcabarte / Maquírriain de Ezcabarte

Results: 4 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

LB01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: one at either end of the stem of the base

LB02: design element - motifs - foliage

LB03: design element - motifs - palmette

INFORMATION

FontID: 08352MAQ
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín de Tours
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located on the NA4210, in the municipality of Ezcabarte, 14 km from Pamplona
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the west end of the nave, beneath the gallery
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?) and in Domeño (1992): Romanesque baptismal font of the late 12th century; hemispherical basin ornamented with ribbed pattern; octagonal base with roll mouldings at both ends, and a capital at the upper part with foliage and palmette motif ornamentation; polygonal lower base. Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008) with date of the early Gothic period, in the early 13th century.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three
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?]