Carcar / Cárcar
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design element - patterns - ribbed
design element - motifs - moulding
design element - motifs - moulding
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07841CAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel de Cárcar
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Notes: 16thC church
Church Address: P.º Paulino Ruiz, 1, 31579 Cárcar, Navarra, Spain -- Tel.: +34 699 73 86 48
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-6231, 36 km S of Estella
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Font Notes:
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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.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Javier Torrens, of Pamplona, Spain, for the photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 584781 4693469
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.388889, -1.97
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 23′ 20″ N, 1° 58′ 12″ W
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, p. 111
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. II**: 393-394