Carcar / Cárcar

Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2005
Permission received
Results: 5 records
B01: design element - motifs - moulding
BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed
LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
R01: design element - motifs - moulding
INFORMATION
FontID: 07841CAR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the Valle del Ega, towards the south of the province, 36 km S of Estella
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century, Renaissance
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II**: 393-394) and in Domeño (1992: 111): 16th-century baptismal font consisting of a hemispherical basin ornamented with ribbed pattern and raised on a square pedestal base. [We are grateful to Javier Torrens, of Pamplona, Spain, for the photographs of this font]
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?]