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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

Scene Description: arches rest on columns with capitals

INFORMATION

FontID: 08444OSC
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located on the NA2352, in the municipality of Lizoáin, Merindad de Sangüesa, 32 km from Pamplona
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a side chapel on the S side [NB: earlier located in the NW corner, under the W gallery; may have been moved in the 1986 renovations]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-) and in Domeño (1992): medieval baptismal font [Domeño (ibid.) has it as Romanesque]; hemispherical basin ornamented with a blind arcade of round arches that rest on columns with capitals; plain cylindrical pedestal base. Noted and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008) where it is remarked that the font is located now in a side chapel on the south side, but was earlier on in the northwest corner of the nave, under the west gallery [NB: it may have been moved in the 1986 renovations]. This same source points out the fonts at Alzoriz, Cemborain, Grez, Idoate, Lerruz, Najurieta and Reta as other Navarrese fonts also decorated with arcades of round arches on capitas and pillars.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 81 vm*
Basin Total Height: 41 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [measurements a/p the Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008)]

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?]