Muru nr. Abárzuza No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 08374MUR
Church/Chapel: Abandoned parish church [near the Ermita de Santa Bárbara]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Muru is an abandoned village in the municipality of Abárzuza, Merindad de Estella
Font Location in Church: Inside the abandoned church
Century and Period: 12th - 15th century, Medieval
Described in Domeño (1992: 164): medieval baptismal font consisting of a very large basin mounted on a pedestal base, both square and plain. [NB: Domeño gives the location of the font as the "ermita de Santa Bárbara", but the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?, vol. II*: 23) mentions the font as being located in the old Romanesque parish church now abandoned that is located near the Gothic ermita] [cf. Entry for Muru No. 2 for a 16th-century holly-water stoup in this same church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square

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?]