Monreal No. 1

Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004

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B01: design element - architectural - window

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004

Image Source: Javier Torrens for BSI

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004

Image Source: Javier Torrens for BSI

Copyright Instructions: Permission received

INFORMATION

FontID: 08360MON
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Natividad [formerly San Martín, to which was added San Juan, the old parish]
Church Patron Saints: The Nativity [formerly St. Martin with the addition of St. John from the abandoned parish nearby]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the valley of Ibargoity, about 20 km from Pamplona, Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Location in Church: Outside the church, near the buttresses of the old apse [NB: the orientation of the church was reversed ca. 1800]
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Cognate Fonts: The upper basin of the font formerly from Zabalza de Ibargoiti, now in the parish church of San Miguel, in Noain
Church Notes: Orientation of the church reversed ca. 1800 [cf. font notes]
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV**: 189) and in Domeño (1992: 163) as the basin of a baptismal font of the Gothic period found in the exterior of the church, by the buttresses of the former apse [NB: the orientation of this church was reversed in the renovations carried out ca. 1800]. The upper basin is similar to the one originally from Zabalza de Ibargoiti but now located in the new parish church of San Miguel, in Noain, near Pamplona [cf. Index entry for Noain No. 2] [We are grateful to Javier Torrens, of Pamplona, Spain, for the image of this font]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one [basin only]
Font Shape: star-shaped (12 points)
Basin Exterior Shape: star-shaped

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?]