Sansoain / Sansoain de Urraul Bajo / Sansoain de Sanguesa
Image copyright © Andrés Ortega, 2004
Image and permission received (email 6/10/2002)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Ortega, 2004
Image Source: Andrés Ortega [www.romanicoennavarra.info]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (email 6/10/2002)
INFORMATION
FontID: 06440SAN
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Presentación
Church Patron Saints: The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Urraúl Bajo, Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Location in Church: Under the choir
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Andrés Ortega [ander@romaniconavarra.info] for the image of this font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV**: 561) and in Domeño (1992: 176) as a polygonal mounted baptismal font of the medieval period; the basin is oval with vertical arrises that make the outside of the font polygonal; the base is a thin and cylindrical stem, also with vertical arrises. The flat plain wooden cover on the font is modern and hinged at the back.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat plain lid
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?]