Zuazu de Araquil / Zuhatzu
Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
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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 - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: broad ribs all the way up to the rim
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 - patterns - ribbed - concave
Scene Description: all the way up to the rim, corresponding to the convex ribs of the outer surface
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 - motifs - foliage - 8
Scene Description: one at each angle of the octagonal capital that makes up the top of the base
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 - motifs - roll moulding - 2
Scene Description: thin ones, decorating the stem [ca. 1943]
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: 08569ZUA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the presbitery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: Donibane Kalea, 0, 31840 Uharte-Arakil, Navarre, Spain -- Tel.: +34 948 46 40 08
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-10, in the valley and municipality of Araquil/Arakil, 25 km WNW of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: La Barranca / Merindad de Pamplona
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. V*: 184-185 and pl. 179); described in Domeño (1992: 185): baptismal font of the 16th century -although the capital that constitutes the top of the base is described as medieval; the large basin is hemispherical and ornamented with a pattern of broad ribs, while the inner surface of the well has corresponding concave pattern to the outer ribs; the base is made up of three elements, all octagonal: the upper part is the capital mentioned above, octagonal and decorated with foliage motifs at the angles; the middle part, the stem, has two thin roll moulding; the lower base is rounded at the top and angular at the bottom, always retaining the octagonal shape.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana, Pamplona, Spain, for the image of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 591617 4751432
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: four?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round (lobulated with the shape of the concave ribs
Basin Exterior Shape: round (lobulated with the shape of the convex ribs)
REFERENCES
- Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 115, 185
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. V*: 184-185 and pl. 179