Pamplona No. 2
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P01: design element - motifs - ball
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INFORMATION
FontID: 08440PAM
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Nicolás
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the downtown area [Casco Viejo] [the N door opens to the Paseo de Sarasate; the W door to Calle San Miguel; the S door to Plaza de San Nicolás]
Font Location in Church: In the N side, inside the chapel formerly dedicated to St. Barbara
Date: 1231?
Century and Period: 13th century (early), Gothic
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. V***: 153) and in Domeño (1992: 173) as a medieval baptismal font [the CMdeN (ibid.) dates it to the consecration of the church in 1231AD / Era 1269]; large hemispherical basin is raised on a modern cylindrical pedestal, both plain; the lower base is circular and raised on a square plinth ornamented with ball motif.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: four?
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?]