Munarriz No. 1 / Amunarritz / Munárriz

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 08363MUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Expectación de Nuestra Señora de Munárriz
Font Location in Church: Inside, N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: 31172 Munárriz, Navarre, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-7020, in the valley and municipality of Goñi, 40 km W of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Estella
Additional Comments: recycled font: the font was originally Romanesque, but was re-carved in the 14th century in the Gothic style with trefoil arches
Font Notes:
Described in Domeño (1992: 163)as a baptismal font of the Gothic period; basin decorated with blind arcade of trefoil arches. The Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II**: 40) describes the font as originally Romanesque, having been re-carved in the 14th century in the Gothic style with trefoil arches [cf. Index entry for Munarriz No. 2 for a 17th-century holy-water stoup in this church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 589926 4741012
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.816389, -1.9
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 48′ 59″ N, 1° 54′ 0″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 62, 163
  • García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. II**: 40