Villanueva de Yerri No. 1 / Hiriberri Deierri
Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
Results: 4 records
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: 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: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
human figure - head
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier, of Pamplona, Spain; detail of a photograph [ca. 1992]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: vertical and horizontal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier, of Pamplona, Spain; detail of a photograph [ca. 1992]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08524VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century[base only] -- 17th century[basin], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban de Villanueva de Yerri
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Address: Plaza, Calle San Esteban, 9, 31176 Villanueva de Yerri, Navarra, Spain -- Tel.: +34 948 54 22 28
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-7005, in the municipality of Valle de Yerri, 22-23 km WSW of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Estella
Additional Comments: composite font: 17th-century basin raised on a medieval base
Font Notes:
Click to view
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-, vol. II**: 745) as a baptismal font of the 16th century. Described and illustrated in Domeño (1992: 182 and pl. 198 and detail on p. 181) as a composite baptismal font made up of a medieval quadrangular base ornamented with a crude human face at the front framed in a grid of vertical and horizontal mouldings; the hemispherical basin ornamented with a ribbed pattern is 17th-century.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier, of Pamplona, Spain, for the image of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 586175 4732172
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.737222, -1.947222
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 44′ 14″ N, 1° 56′ 50″ W
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. 42, 62, 182, pl. 198 and detail on p. 181
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. II**: 745