Morentin No. 1 / Morentín

Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
Results: 6 records
B01: design element - motifs - trefoil
B04: design element - motifs - tracery
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
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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?]