Muniain de Guesalaz No. 1 / Muniáin de Guesálaz / Muniain Gesalatz
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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
Font ID: 08366MUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Catalina de Muniáin de Guesálaz
Font Location in Church: In the N side, W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Church Address: 31175 Muniáin de Guesálaz, Navarre, Spain -- Tel.: +34 948 54 22 28
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the NA-700, in the valley and municipality of Guesálaz, 18-20 km W of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Estella
Additional Comments: recycled font: totally re-carved -- painted font: covered in grey wash or paint
Font Notes:
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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
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 593116 4738586
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.794167, -1.861389
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 47′ 39″ N, 1° 51′ 41″ W
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, p. 164 and pl. 184
- Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2008, vol. 2: 830, 854
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. II**: 122