Torres de Elorz / Dorre Elortzibar
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08503TOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro de Torres de Elorz
Font Location in Church: In the N side, in the baptismal chapel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: 13thC church
Church Address: 31119 Torres, Navarra, Spain -- Tel.: +34 948 31 74 74
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-234, in the valley and municipality of Elorz, 9-10 km S of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-, vol. IV*: 266 and pl. 377); described in Domeño (1992: 178): hemispherical basin ornamented with ribbed pattern all around; the base consists of two pieces: the upper is a capital ornamented with a row of ball motif on the upper part; the lower piece of the base is a plain cylindrical pedestal. The photograph in the CMdeN (ibid.) shows the basin covered with a plain wooden lid. [the holy-water stoup by the door is inscribed with the date 1746 and therefore not entered in this Index]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 614969 4732159
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.733333, -1.595556
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 44′ 0″ N, 1° 35′ 44″ 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 and plain
REFERENCES
- Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 42, 178
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. IV*: 267 and pl. 377