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Results: 2 records
BU01: design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: several
LB01: design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: several
INFORMATION
FontID: 08700ULZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the Ollo valley, Merindad de Pamplona
Font Location in Church: In the transept, S side
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-, vol. V**: 497): medieval baptismal font consisting of a hemispherical basin raised on a cylindrical pedestal base; both base and underbowl are decorated with the Romanesque ball motif popular in Navarrese baptismal fonts [NB: the CMdeN (ibid., p. 495) points out that this church was nuilt between 1797 and 1814, but does not offer an explanation for to the presence of a medieval baptismal font in it].
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?]