Mendavia No. 2

Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2005

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Results: 3 records

BBU01: design element - motifs - dots-and-strokes

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2005

Image Source: Digital photograph supplied by Javier Torrens

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view of basin

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2005

Image Source: Digital photograph supplied by Javier Torrens

Copyright Instructions: Permission received

view of stoup

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2005

Image Source: Digital photograph supplied by Javier Torrens

Copyright Instructions: Permission received

INFORMATION

FontID: 11114MEN
Church/Chapel: Ermita de la Virgen de Legarda
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the SW corner of the province, about 20 km ENE of Logroño
Font Location in Church: Located in the courtyard in October 2005
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century, Neoclassical
A baptismal font or, more likely, large holy-water stoup located in the courtyard of the chapel; it consists of two parts: a very regular hemispherical basin decorated with a band of a squence of four-dots-and-a-stroke all around; the lower end of the underbowl turns into a square shape, presumably to fit a square pedestal of similar dimensions, however, the pedestal base is obviously not a match and may well belong to a different bowl. The pedestal base is square with chamfered angles and splays out slightly at the lower end; at the top end, it a ppears to have a round moulding of smaller proportions. There is no mention of this obhect in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra. [cf. Index entry for Mendavia No. 1 for another holy-water stoup located in the interior of the chapel]. [We are grateful to Javier Torrens, of Pamplona, Spain, for the photographs of this object]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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