Murillo Berroya / Murillo-Berroya
Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - 20
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08372MUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Vicente
Font Location in Church: Inside, beneath the W gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Vincent
Church Address: C. San Vicente, 9, 31454 Murillo-Berroya, Navarra, Spain -- Tel.: +34 948 88 00 35
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-2210, in the municipality of Romanzado, 8-9 km NE of Lumbier, about 30 km SE of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV**: 288) and in Domeño (1992: 164): medieval baptismal font; the sides of the square basin are ornamented with an arcade of round arches, five per side, each with a sketchy 8-point star in it; the underbowl has a two-grade chamfer; the pedestal base is octagonal and plain. A plain flat wooden cover is shown on the font in the ca. 1943 source image.
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 642394 4729278
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.702808, -1.261389
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 42′ 10.11″ N, 1° 15′ 41″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
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, p. 62, 164
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. IV**: 288