Ibero No. 1

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

LB01: design element - motifs - ball

Scene Description: several on the capital-shaped top of the stem

LB02: design element - motifs - palmette

Scene Description: several on the capital-shaped top of the stem

INFORMATION

FontID: 08693IBE
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción [originally from the Iglesia de San Pedro, the old parish church]
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary [orig. in the church dedicated to St. Peter]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the Cendea de Olza, about 10 km west of Pamplona
Font Location in Church: Under the choir of the new church [the old church had an annex on the N side that may have served as baptismal chapel]
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Church Notes: The present church dates from the 18th century. The old parish church of St. Peter is in ruins and serves as cemetery.
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-, vol. V**: 428): baptismal font probably from the Gothic period, left over from the original medieval church dedicated to St. Peter; the old parish church is now abandoned and serves as cemetery. The font consists of a hemispherical basin ornamented with ribbed pattern and raised on a cylindrical pedestal topped with a capital decorated with palmette and ball motif [cf. Index entry for Ibero No. 2 for a 16th-century holy-water stoup in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

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