Arbizu No. 1

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B01: design element - motifs - rib - 4

Scene Description: at 90-degree-angles

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

information

Image Source: field notes taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

information

Image Source: field notes taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of base

Scene Description: the modern base

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of basin - south side - detail

Scene Description: showing the damage on this side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2011 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of basin - southeast side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of basin - west side - detail

Scene Description: showing the chiselled off part of the underbowl

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - northeast end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - northwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - south porch - detail

Scene Description: a plaque commemorating the parish' 40-year priest (1933-1973) Juan Goikoetxea Zabalo

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast view - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - tower - detail

Scene Description: the base of the tower with the font and the float on top of it

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - tower - detail

Scene Description: the float

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - tower arch

Scene Description: opening into the base of the tower

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of font - northeast side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of font - southeast side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

view of font - southwest side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 08601NAV

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Natividad de María

Church Patron Saints: The Nativity of St. Mary

Church Location: Calle Fernando Urkia, 18 / Kalea Fernando Urkia, 18, 31839, Arbizu

Country Name: Spain

Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra

Directions to Site: Located on the NA-2410, in the municipality of the same name, E of Echarri-Aranaz, 39 km WNW of Pamplona

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Pamplona

Historical Region: La Barranca, Merindad de Pamplona

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W gallery

Century and Period: 16th century[basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his additional photograph of this font

Church Notes: the anagram of a local terrorist group, ETA, defaced the east end of the church exterior at the time of our visit on 30 Dec 2012; news about its appearance had been reported in a local newspaper in June 2011 [www.diariodenavarra.es/noticias/navarra/mas_navarra/indignacion_ante_anagrama_eta_pintado_iglesia_arbizu.html] [accessed 29 Januaty 2013]

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-, vol. V*: 192): baptismal font consisting of a medieval basin raised on a modern base; the basin is hemispherical and decorated with four ribs; the stem of the base is described as modern; the lower base is square. On-site notes: the font is kept in a chapel that appears to occupy the space beneath the western tower; a float is stored on it, which makes access to the interior of the basin very difficult. The font consists of a rounded roughly hemispherical basin with very pronounced rib-like protrusions at 90-degree angles; two side of the underbowl are damaged, one of which appears to have had a sizeable chunk chiselled off, probably to make it fit into a tight spot at some point; base as indicated above. The wooden cover is modern. We were not able to gather any further information on the font from the locals. [cf. Index entry for Arbizu No. 2 for a font?/stoup? at the nearby Ermita de S. Juan]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 578898 4752014

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: three

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Basin Total Height: 53 cm

Height of Base: 40 cm

Height of Central Column: 40 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 93 cm

Square Base Dimensions: 33 x 33 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood

Apparatus: no

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]