Arandigoyen No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 04496ARA

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Cosme y San Damián

Church Patron Saints: St. Cosmas & St. Damian

Country Name: Spain

Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra

Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Yerri, merindad de Estella

Font Location in Church: In an outbuilding ["dependencias"]

Date: ca. 1200?

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II**: 663) and in Domeño (1992: 135) as a medieval font [the CMdeN (ibid.) dates it to ca. 1200, Romanesque] consisting of a hemispheric basin mounted on a round pedestal, both plain. [cf. Index entry for Arandigoyen No. 2 for a 16th century holy-water stoup in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992

García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]