Mues / Mués
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08362MUE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century?, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Eugenia de Mués
Font Location in Church: Inside, S side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Eugenia of Rome
Church Address: C. Mayor, 37, 31219 Mués, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-129, 67 km SW of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Estella
Additional Comments: recycled font: re-tooled [cf. Font notes]
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?) and in Domeño (1992): medieval baptismal font [the CMdeN (ibid.) dates to the 13th century]; hemispherical basin raised on a cylindrical base, both plain. It has been re-tooled according to the CMdeN (ibid.) Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008) as one of a series of plain medieval fonts in Navarra 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.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 563457 4717366
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.606111, -2.226389
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 36′ 22″ N, 2° 13′ 35″ 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. 112, 163
- Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2008, vol. 2: 830
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], volII**: 398