Arandigoyen No. 1
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04496ARA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Cosme y San Damián de Arandigoyen
Font Location in Church: In an outbuilding ["dependencias"]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Cosmas & St. Damian
Church Address: Calle la Chara, 15, 31292 Arandigoyen, Navarra, Spain -- Tel.: +34 610 66 24 32
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-1110, in the municipality of Yerri, 4-5 km E of Estella
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Estella
Font Notes:
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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]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 582835 4724388
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.6675, -1.989167
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 40′ 3″ N, 1° 59′ 21″ W
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, p. 135
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. II**: 663