Solchaga No. 1 / Soltxaga

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view of church exterior - southwest end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 October 2007 by Lon Abirisain [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solchaga_(Iglesia).JPG] [accessed 6 August 2020]

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Scene Description: part of the stem and lower base are hidden under the flooring; if it is like the one at nearby Erisoain, the lower base may be round-to-square in shape, moulded and decorated with ball motif

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 August 2020 by Lola Martínez and Juanma Torrens

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 August 2020 by Lola Martínez and Juanma Torrens

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the authors (e-mail of 5 August 2020)

INFORMATION

FontID: 08486SOL

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista

Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist

Church Location: 31395 Solchaga, Navarra, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra

Directions to Site: Located off (E) the N-121, near Barásoain and Garínoain, in the municipality of Olóriz, 25 km S of Pamplona

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Pamplona

Historical Region: Valdorba, comarca de Tafalla, Merindad de Olite

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W gallery, N side

Date: ca. 1200?

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Early Gothic

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Lola Martínez and Juanma Torrens for their photographs of this font

Church Notes: present church ca. 1200; modified 16thC and ca. 1800

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. III: 362) and in Domeño (1992: 177): baptismal font of the period of the church, proto-Gothic, ca. 1200; hemispherical basin raised on a cylindrical pedestal, both almost totally plain; part of the stem and lower base are hidden under the flooring; if it is like the one at nearby Erisoain, the lower base may be round-to-square in shape, moulded and decorated with ball motif [cf. Index entry for Solchaga No. 2 for a holy-water of the same period in this church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 20T 613742 4719581

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: two

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?]