Muru Astrain / Muru-Astráin
Results: 3 records
B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: all around the sides and underbowl
BBU01: design element - motifs - floral - flower - in a circle
Scene Description: a row of [the number of petals varies]
R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
INFORMATION
FontID: 08375MUR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Cizur, SE of Pamplona
Font Location in Church: Half-built into the wall, under the choir
Century and Period: 13th century (early), Early Gothic
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. V*: 523 and pl. 491) as the hemispherical basin of an early-Gotic baptismal font; it is now half-built into the wall, under the choir; the upper rim of the basin is ornamented with a thin roll moulding and, just below it, a row of flower-in-a-circle motif [the number of petals varies between nine and fifteen]; the sides and underbowl are ornamented with ribbed pattern all around. The basin appears covered with a plain flat wooden lid, probably modern.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: one [base missing]
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
García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]