Artaza No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 04567ART

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Natividad

Church Patron Saints: The Nativity

Country Name: Spain

Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra

Directions to Site: Located in the Amézcoa Baja, merindad de Estella

Font Location in Church: In the S side

Date: ca. 1200?

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

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II*: 126) and in Domeño (1992: 138) as a medieval baptismal font; hemispheric basin raised on a cylindrical base, both plain; the square lower base is also plain. [cf. Index entry for Artaza 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: 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?]