Solchaga No. 1 / Soltxaga
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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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lola Martínez and Juanma Torrens, 2020
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)
view of church exterior - southwest end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lon Abirisain, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 October 2007 by Lon Abirisain [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solchaga_(Iglesia).JPG] [accessed 6 August 2020]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lola Martínez and Juanma Torrens, 2020
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
Font ID: 08486SOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Early Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W gallery, N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: present church ca. 1200; modified 16thC and ca. 1800
Church Address: 31395 Solchaga, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
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: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Valdorba, comarca de Tafalla, Merindad de Olite
Font Notes:
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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]
[cf. Index entry for Solchaga No. 2 for a holy-water of the same period in this church]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Lola Martínez and Juanma Torrens for their photographs of this font
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, p. 177
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. III: 362