Sorauren
Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a [ca. 1943] B&W photograph, in the Archivo Uranga, Institución Príncipe de Viana
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
view of church exterior in context - west view
Scene Description: the present church is modern
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ksarasola, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 August 2018 by Ksarasola [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sorauren_05.jpg] [accessed 27 October 2020]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
design element - motifs - scroll
Scene Description: at the corners
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: edited detail of a digital image of a [ca. 1943] B&W photograph, in the Archivo Uranga, Institución Príncipe de Viana
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
human figure - face, head or mask
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: edited detail of a digital image of a [ca. 1943] B&W photograph, in the Archivo Uranga, Institución Príncipe de Viana
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08485SOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [base only], Medieval / composite
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Notes: only a few remains left in the cemetery of the medieval church; present church is 20thC
Church Address: Plaza de San Andrés, 1, 31194 Sorauren, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-121, in the municipality of Ezcabarte, 9-10 km N of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Cuenca de Pamplona
Additional Comments: composite font (the base is medieval, the basin is a modern replacement)
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. V*: 673) as a modern baptismal font carved in the Romanesque style ["de talla moderna aunque sigue modelos medivales"]; hemispherical basin with pronounced ribbed pattern ornamentation all around; the pedestal base is quadrangular with a cylindrical stem on which appears a typically Romanesque face. A plain flat wooden lid covers the font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga, of Pamplona, Spain, for the photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 613654 4747040
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.8675, -1.608611
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 52′ 3″ N, 1° 36′ 31″ W
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: plain and flat
REFERENCES
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. V*: 673