Arbonies No. 1 / Arboniés
INFORMATION
FontID: 04549ARB
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-2140, NE of Lumbier, in the municipality of Romanzado, merindad de Sangüesa
Font Location in Church: In a chapel, N side
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV**: 275) and in Domeño (1992: 135-136) as a medieval stone baptismal font: plain square basin raised on a short cylindrical stem and a a round lower base; the plinth is aquare. [cf. Index entry for Arbonies No. 2 for a holy-water stoup of the 16th century in this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square
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?]