Villamayor de Monjardin / Villamayor de Monjardín

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Image copyright © Josu Fernández Villaverde, 2015

Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 4 March 2015)

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view of church exterior - west portal

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rufino Lasaosa, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 August 2009 bt Rufino Lasaosa [www.flickr.com/photos/rlasaosa/4313043743/in/photostream/] [accessed 8 April 2015]
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view of church exterior - west view - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rufino Lasaosa, 2009
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rufino Lasaosa, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 August 2009 bt Rufino Lasaosa [www.flickr.com/photos/rlasaosa/4313044787/in/photostream/] [accessed 8 April 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of font or stoup

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Josu Fernández Villaverde, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Josu Fernández Villaverde
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 4 March 2015)

INFORMATION

FontID: 13692VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés Apóstol
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located on the NA7402, 52 km from Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Pamplona
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, under the W gallery, S side
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Josu Fernández Villaverde, of Beasain, Spain, for his photograph of this font or stoup
Church Notes: original church late-12thC
Font Notes:
Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008) as one of a series of plain medieval fonts in Navarra at Muniain de Guesalaz, Arroniz, Learza, Oteiza, Echavarri, Azuelo, Etayo, Ubago, Mues, Cabrega, Murieta, Piedramillera and Villamayor de Monjardin, in the Estella region, as well as those in the valleys of Oloriz, Garinoain and Muruzabal de Andion, as plain medieval fonts in the area. This same source notes that the font used to be raised on a pedestal base and had a two-leaf wooden cover, but both these objects have disappeared. There is a later composite font or stoup, its basin deeply carved with heads and flowers; much damaged.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 37' 43" N, 2° 6' 12" W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 93 cm*
Basin Total Height: 56 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [measurements a/p the Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008)]

REFERENCES

Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2008