Muniain de Arce / Muniáin de Arce

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - architectural - arris

LB01: design element - motifs - roll moulding - 3

Scene Description: one at the top of the stem, the other two about half-way down

INFORMATION

FontID: 08367MUN
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Santa Cecilia
Church Patron Saints: St. Cecilia [aka Caecelia, Cecelia]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: The abandoned village of Muniáin is located near Artozqui, in the valley and municipality of Arce, Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, under the choir
Described and illustrated in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV*: 137 and pl. 200); in Domeño (1992: 163): medieval baptismal font of the 13th century; hemispherical basin decorated with arrises; cylindrical base with a roll moulding at the top and two others about half-way down the stem. The photograph in CMdeN (ibid.) shows a flat plain wooden cover locked to the upper basin side with a short chain.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain

REFERENCES

Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992
García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]