Sansoain / Sansoáin / Sansoain de Urraul Bajo / Sansoain de Sanguesa / Santsoain / Santsuañe
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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
Font ID: 06440SAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Presentación de Sansoáin
Font Location in Church: Inside, beneath the W gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
Church Address: Sansoáin, 31448 Urraúl Bajo, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-2100, in the municipality of Urraúl Bajo, 37 km SE of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Comarca de Lumbier, Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Notes:
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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.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Andrés Ortega [ander@romaniconavarra.info] for the image of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 639010 4731384
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.722383, -1.302174
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 43′ 20.58″ N, 1° 18′ 7.82″ W
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, p. 42, 176
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. IV**: 561