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INFORMATION
FontID: 08321LER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of the same name, in the valley of Aibar, just east of San Martín de Unx, Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Location in Church: In a niche, under the choir, N side
Century and Period: 12th century (late), Romanesque
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV**: 41) and in Domeño (1992: 160): baptismal font probably of late 12th century; plain hemispherical basin mounted on a cylindrical pedestal base that is also plain except for an upper roll moulding.
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?]