Muniain de Guesalaz No. 1 / Muniáin de Guesálaz
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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: 08366MUN
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Paroquial de Santa Catalina
Church Patron Saints: St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the valley and municipality of Guesálaz, Merindad de Estella
Font Location in Church: In the N side, W end
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?). Described and illustrated in Domeño (1992): medieval baptismal font (the CMdeN has it as Romanesque) now totally re-carved or drastically cleaned; hemispherical basin mounted on a cylindrical base and circular plinth, all plain, all re-carved (?). The flat plain wooden lid is modern. [cf. Index entry for Muniáin de Guesálaz No. 2 for a 16th-century holy-water stoup in this church]. Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008) as one of a series of plain medieval fonts in Navarra at Muniain de Guesalaz, Arroniz, Learza, Oteiza, Echavarri, Azuelo, Etayo, Ubago, Mues, Cabrega, Murieta, Piedramillera and Villamayor de Monjardin, in the Estella region, as well as those in the valleys of Oloriz, Garinoain and Muruzabal de Andion, as plain medieval fonts in the area. This same source notes that the stone is covered in grey paint and that there are crosses and stars inscribed in circles, but says nothing of a re-tooling
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 86 cm*
Basin Total Height: 46 cm*
Height of Central Column: 34 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm [calculated]
Notes on Measurements: * [measurements a/p the Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008)]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain
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?]