Estella No. 6 / Lizarra / L'Ilzarra
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view of basin
design element - motifs - roll moulding
design element - architectural - arch - round arch
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08928EST
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Pedro de la Rúa de Estella
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W gallery, N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: c/ San Nicolás 1, 31200 Estella, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 44 km SW of Pamplona, halfway down the road to Logroño. The church is located in the Lizarra quarter of Estella [NB: Estella itself is known in Basque as "Lizarra"]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Estella
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II*: 520 and pl. 657): baptismal font of the 16th century; the hemispherical basin is decorated with a roll moulding at the upper rim; below it is a band or round arches grouped in threes, except one (?) that has only a pair; the lower side of the basin and underbowl are decorated with a ribbed pattern [NB: the image source for this font (CMdeN, above) shows rubble piled up on top and aroiund the font -- the photograph is probably from the late 1980s]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 4724503 579532
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.668889, -2.029444
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 40′ 8″ N, 2° 1′ 46″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: Flat and plain
REFERENCES
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. II: 520 and pl. 657