Mues

INFORMATION

FontID: 08362MUE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Eugenia
Church Patron Saints: St. Eugenia of Rome
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the Merindad de Estella
Font Location in Church: In the S side
Century and Period: 13th century?, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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.

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?]