Mugueta No. 1 / Mugeta
Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
Results: 5 records
LB01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
view of font and cover
design element - motifs - ball - row within a scotia
design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08368MUG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Martín [in ruins; font now in San Raimundo, Fitero]
Font Location in Church: [unknown]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Previous Font Location(s): Iglesia de San Martín de Mugueta
Church Address: Despoblado Mugueta, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Abandoned hamlet located off (N) the NA-150, in the municipality and valley of Lónguida, about 30 km ESE of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Sangüesa
Additional Comments: recycled font: moved from abandoned church to new location
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV**: 146) as a medieval baptismal font from the church of St. Martin in Mugueta now in ruins; the font had been moved by ca. 1943 to the church of San Raimundo, in Fitero. Cylindrical basin ornamented with a scotia with ball motif at the upper basin side; below it a blind arcade of round arches; plain hemispherical underbowl; short cylindrical stem of the base decorated with a roll moulding; square lower base with ball motif at the corners. The font appears raised on a two-step plinth, against a corner. Flat plain wooden cover.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga, of Pamplona, Spain, for the image of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 637784 4733317
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.74, -1.316667
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 44′ 24″ N, 1° 19′ 0″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain
REFERENCES
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. IV**: 146