Oscoz / Oskotz
Results: 5 records
BBU01: design element - motifs - roundel
Scene Description: a row
BU01: symbol - cross
Scene Description: several
LB01: design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: on the capital of the base
LB02: design element - motifs - roundel
Scene Description: on the capital of the base
LB03: design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: several, lower down the stem
INFORMATION
FontID: 08445OSC
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Cristóbal
Church Patron Saints: St. Christopher
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Imoz / Imotz, Merindad de Pamplona
Font Location in Church: Under the choir
Century and Period: 16th century,
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. V**: 19) and in Domeño (1992: 170-171): baptismal font; hemispherical basin ornamented with a roundel fringe at the upper side and crosses on the lower side that are dated in the CMdeN to the 16th century; at the top of the pedestal base is a capital ornamented with foliage and roundels; the stem is cylindrical and plain but ornamented with ball motif at its lower end; circular lower base. [NB: Domeño lists the font as medieval and the church as San Lorenzo; there is an 'Ermita de San Lorenzo' in this locality but it has no recorded font; the parish church is listed in the CMdeN as 'San Cristóbal']
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: three?
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?]