Azcarate / Azcárate

INFORMATION

FontID: 04580AZC

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

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 in the municipality of Araiz/Araitz, merindad de Pamplona

Font Location in Church: North side

Century and Period: 12th - 16th century(basin only), Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. V*: 115) and in Domeño (1992: 139): composite baptismal font; the plain hemispheric basin is medieval but the octagonal stem of the base is a later addition.

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?]