Artajona No. 2
INFORMATION
FontID: 04566ART
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the merindad de Olite, in the northern area
Font Location in Church: In a baptismal chapel, south side
Century and Period: 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. III: 14) and in Domeño (1992: 138); medieval baptismal font; hemispheric basin raised on a cylindrical base, both plain. The CMdeN states (ibid.) that the font is the original in this parish [therefore datable to the 13th century]; it dates (ibid.) the ornate wooden cover to the late 18th century.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric ( mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: Late 18th century
Material:
wood,
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?]