Miranda de Arga

INFORMATION

FontID: 08359MIR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located on the NA6140, 50 km from Pamplona
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a chapel known as Santo Cristo or Baptiestrio, under the W gallery, N end
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?) and in Domeño (1992): baptismal font of the 13th century consisting of a hemispherical basin and a cylindrical base, both plain. Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008) as a plain baptismal font that may have belonged to the old Romanesque church. This same source names the fonts at Muniain de Guesalaz, Arroniz, Learza, Oteiza, Echavarri, Azuelo, Etayo, Ubago, Mues, Cabrega, Murieta, Piedramillera and Villamayor de Monjardin, in the Estella region, as well as those in the valleys of Oloriz, , Garinoain and Muruzabal de Andion, as plain medieval fonts in the area.

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
Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2008
García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]