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BBL01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

BBU01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - inverted

INFORMATION

FontID: 08695OLZ

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Blas

Church Patron Saints: St. Blaise [aka Biagio, Blas, Blásios, Blasius]

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: In the N side, near the retable

Date: ca. 1200?

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Transitional

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-, vol. V**: 447): baptismal font from the original period of the church, ca. 1200; cylindrical basin ornamented a blind arcade of round arches around the upper and lower sides, the upper one inverted; the base is a plain cylindrical pedestal.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: cylindrical (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?]