Mezquiriz / Mezkiritz / Mezquíriz
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08357MEZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Cristóbal de Mezquíriz
Font Location in Church: [unknown]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Christopher
Church Address: Calle San Cristóbal, 1, 31695 Mezkiritz, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-135, in the valley and municipality of Erro, 37 km NE of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Notes:
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Described in Domeño (1992: 162) as a Romanesque baptismal font. [NB: not listed in the CMdeN, where only an undated holy-water stoup is mentioned in the south side of the nave]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 630781 4758299
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.966111, -1.396389
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 57′ 58″ N, 1° 23′ 47″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 162