Obanos No. 1
Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2005
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BU01: design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: a row of, all around the underbowl
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R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: around the upper rim of the basin
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2005
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2005
Image Source: BSI - Photographed 2008
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2005
Image Source: BSI - Photographed 2008
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view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2005
Image Source: BSI - Photographed 2008
Copyright Instructions: Permission received
INFORMATION
FontID: 08398OBA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista [originally from the old church]
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located E of Puente la Reina, Merindad de Pamplona
Font Location in Church: In the baptismal chapel, under the choir/gallery
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church Notes: The old church was located where the cooperative now stands, toward the N area of town. The new church was built in 1912
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. V**: 342) and in Domeño (1992: 166-167): medieval baptismal font consisting of a hemispheric basin ornamented with ball motif [Domeño has it as plain] raised on a plain cylindrical base. The font is now in the 1912 church but originates in the old church that was replaced by the new one in 1912. Flat wooden cover with cross finial, modern. [We are grateful to Javier Torrens, of Pamplona, Spain, for the photographs of this font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
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?]