Morentin No. 1 / Morentín

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Results: 6 records

B01: design element - motifs - trefoil

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003

Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)

B02: design element - motifs - quatrefoil

B03: coat of arms - fleur-de-lis

B04: design element - motifs - tracery

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003

Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)

LB01: design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: in the middle of the stem of the base

view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003

Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)

INFORMATION

FontID: 08364MOR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located just S of Estella
Font Location in Church: In the baptismal chapel, S side
Century and Period: 15th century, Gothic
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II**: 390); described and illustrated in Domeño (1992: 163 and pl. 48): Gothic baptismal font of the 15th century; the hemispherical basin sides are decorated with Gothic tracery and trefoil arches, quatrefoils and one shield with fleur-de-lis motif; the underbowl is decorated with ribbed pattern; the cylindrical base has a large moulding in the middle; the lower part is buried in the raised flooring. [We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana and to the photographers Larrión & Pimoulier, all of Pamplona, Spain, for the image of this font] [cf. Index entry for Morentín No. 2 for a holy-water stoup of the 16th century in this church]

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
García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]