Tafalla

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B01: design element - architectural - arch or window - round

the pattern has tall round-headed arches or windows, ratrher than ribs; on two levels
Scene Description: the pattern has tall round-headed arches or windows, ratrher than ribs; on two levels
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pilar Rivera, 1997
Image Source: Image source: B&W photograph by Pilar Rivera, 1997; in Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia [http://www.euskomedia.org/ImgsAuna/46009101.jpg] [accessed 6 June 2010]
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view of font and cover

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pilar Rivera, 1997
Image Source: Image source: B&W photograph by Pilar Rivera, 1997; in Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia [http://www.euskomedia.org/ImgsAuna/46009101.jpg] [accessed 6 June 2010]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 08490TAF
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century[re-tooled?], Medieval [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro de Tafalla
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the presbitery [probably not its original location]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: C. San Pedro, 14, 31300 Tafalla, Navarra, Spain -- Tel.: +34 948 70 02 49
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-121, 7-8 km N of Olite, about 30 km S of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Olite
Additional Comments: altered font: re-tooled?
Font Notes:
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. III: 473) and in Domeño (1992): large medieval baptismal font with ribbed pattern ornamentation around the basin [NB: the CMdeN (ibid.) indicates that this medieval font has been modified or repaired ["ha sido arreglada"]]. The pattern is actually one of narrow round-heade arches or windows on two rows, all around the basin sides; the lower basi is moulded.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 608879 4709556
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.530722, -1.674258
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 31′ 50.6″ N, 1° 40′ 27.33″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: a hemispherical dome, with carved arrises; the panels with carvings; pineapple (?) finial

REFERENCES

  • Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 42, 110-111, 178
  • García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. III: 473