Zabal No. 1 / Zábal

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Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003

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view of font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a [ca. 1943] B&W photograph, Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)

design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

Scene Description: all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a [ca. 1943] B&W photograph, Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08536ZAB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Clemente de Zábal
Font Location in Church: In an outbuilding of the parish
Church Notes: 16thC church; modified 17th, 18thC
Church Address: Plaza San Clemente 2, 31292 Zábal, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-700, in the municipality of Yerri, 2 km S of Arizala, 43 km NW of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Comarca Tierra Estella / Merindad de Estella
Font Notes:
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-, vol. II**: 754): medieval baptismal font of the 16th century decorated with ribbed arches. Hemispherical basin ornamented with a blind arcade of round tall arches like ribs, all around; the upper rim has a scotia below a roll moulding;the basin connects with the base with a narrow cylindrical piece which tapers in with a chamfer, both plain; the stem of the base is a short polygonal (octagonal?) pedestal that ends below on a roll moulding; the lower base is round and splayed out, part of it under the present flooring. A plain wooden cover appears on the basin in a ca. 1943 photograph.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana, Pamplona, Spain, for the image of this font from the Archivo Uranga

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 581882 4729837

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: four?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: a plain flat wooden lid a/p illustration in ca. 1943 photograph from the Archivo Uranga

REFERENCES

  • García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. II**: 754