Muruzabal de Valdizarbe / Muruzábal de Valdizarbe

Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2005

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Results: 4 records

BBU01: design element - motifs - diamond or lozenge

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2005

Image Source: Detail of a digital photograph from Javier Torrens

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BBU02: design element - motifs - ball

Scene Description: several

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2005

Image Source: Detail of a digital photograph from Javier Torrens

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R01: design element - motifs - rope moulding

Scene Description: traces of it

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2005

Image Source: Detail of a digital photograph from Javier Torrens

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view of font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2005

Image Source: Digital photograph from Javier Torrens

Copyright Instructions: Permission received

INFORMATION

FontID: 08684MUR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of the same name, in Valdizarbe, east of Obanos
Font Location in Church: In the centre of the Capilla del Escolar, o de San Juan Bautista, in the N side of the church
Century and Period: 16th century(early),
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-, vol. V**: 315): baptismal font of the early 16th century; the basin is hemispherical is decorated with ball and romboid motif on the sides, and there are traces left of the upper side rope moulding; the base is described as a short cylindrical pedestal, modern; the lower base is square, in two blocks that may be of different origin and periods. The flat wooden cover is modern; it is hinged in the middle. The upper basin end is braced with a metal reinforcement ring. The sides of the basin and the stem of the base bear traces of paint. [We are grateful to Javier Torrens, of Pamplona, Spain, for the photograph of this font]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat, hinged in the middle

REFERENCES

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