Muneta No. 1

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Results: 5 records
B01: design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding
B02: design element - motifs - ball (quartered)
view of basin - interior
view of font
INFORMATION
FontID: 07807MUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Vicente
Church Patron Saints: St. Vincent
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the valley and municipality of Allín, Merindad de Estella
Font Location in Church: In the S side
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Cognate Fonts: Olejua
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II*: 100); described and illustrated in Domeño (1992: 163 and pl. 31): medieval baptismal font of the 13th century; hemispherical basin ornamented with tape mouldings and ball motif; quadrangular pedestal base decorated with the ends of the tape mouldings of the basin; quadrangular plinth. Dated to the 13th century in source: http://navarra.org [We are grateful to Javier Torrens, to the Institución Príncipe de Viana and to the photographers Larrión & Pimoulier, all of Pamplona, Spain, for the images of this font]
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?]