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LB01: design element - motifs - quadrangular

INFORMATION

FontID: 08619LAR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Román
Church Patron Saints: St. Romanus
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the Cendea de Cizur, municipality of the same name, just southeast of Pamplona
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the west gallery [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [basin only] -- 17th century[base only], Medieval [composite]
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?): baptismal font of a composite nature: the large hemispherical basin is medieval and plain; the prismatic base is decorated with quadramgular motifs and is dated to the 17th century. The Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008) informs that the font was at one point hidden under the old stairwell [NB: probably moved in the 1983-1992 renovations]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 113 cm*
Basin Total Height: 40 cm)*
Height of Central Column: 42 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [measurement a/p the Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008)]

REFERENCES

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