Armananzas / Armañanzas

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Results: 4 records
B01: inscription
BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed
R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
INFORMATION
FontID: 08927ARM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located E of Viana and Bargota, Merindad de Estella
Font Location in Church: In the N side, inside the Capilla de la Dolorosa
Century and Period: 17th century(early)
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II*: 256 and pl. 254): large baptismal font of the early 17th century; the hemispherical basin is decorated with a thick roll moulding at the upper rim; below it are two thin mouldings that frame a Latin inscription running all around the upper basin side; the lower side and underbowl are decorated with a pattern of concave ribs which have round inserts at the lower ends, a design not uncommon in Spanish fonts of this period. The basin is raised on a cylindrical pedestal base decorated with mouldings.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: on the upper basin side
Inscription Text: [transcription not available]
Inscription Source: Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II*: 256 and pl. 254)
REFERENCES
García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]