Torralba del Rio No. 1 / Torralba del Río
Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph 2004 by Javier Torrens
Copyright Instructions: Permission received
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - patterns - ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - motifs - moulding - patterned
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08492TOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín de Torralba del Río
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptismal chapel.
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: C. Arrabal Bajo, s/n, 31228 Torralba del Río, Navarra, Spain -- Tel.: +34 948 64 80 74
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-720, 10 km NNW of Torres del Río, 60-65 km SW of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Estella
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II**: 524); described and illustrated in Domeño (1992: 178 and pl. 29): medieval baptismal font [the CMdeN (ibid.) dates it to the 16th century]; the hemispherical basin is decorated with a wide moulding at the upper rim and with wide-spread vertical ribs all around the sides; the underbowl has a zig-zag moulding across as well; plain cylindrical pedestal base and circular lower base [most of the latter is buried in the raised wooden floor of the church]. [cf. Index entries for Torralba del Rio Nos. 2, 3 for two holy-water stoups of the same period in the north side of the church]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana, to the photographers Larrión & Pimoulier, and to Javier Torrens, all of Pamplona, Spain, for their photographs of this font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 554979 4717571
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.608611, -2.329722
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 36′ 31″ N, 2° 19′ 47″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat & plain
REFERENCES
- Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 42, 45-46 178 and pl. 29
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. II**: 518