Osteriz No 1 / Ostériz

INFORMATION

FontID: 08447OST

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora del Rosario

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Country Name: Spain

Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra

Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Esteríbar, Merindad de Sangüesa

Font Location in Church: Under the choir

Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV*: 382) and in Domeño (1992: 171): medieval baptismal font consisting of a hemispherical basin raised on a cylindrical pedestal base, both plain. [NB: Domeño lists the church as 'Parroquia de la Asunción'; the CMdeN has it as 'Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Rosario'] [cf. Index entry for Osteriz No. 2 for a holy-water stoup of the same period in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Best, Rosemary, Powerstock in Dorset, Powerstock: Powerstock PCC, 1992

Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992