Aras

INFORMATION

FontID: 04498ARA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the merindad de Estella
Font Location in Church: Near the front wall
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II*: 189) and in Domeño (1992: 135) as a medieval baptismal font: very large hemispheric basin mounted on a hemispherical pedestal, both plain.

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?]