Uzquita No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 08472UZQ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Clemente
Church Patron Saints: St. Clement
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Leoz, Merindad de Olite
Font Location in Church: In the N side
Century and Period: 13th century (early), Medieval
Font Notes:
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. III: 167) and in Domeño (1992: 181-182); baptismal font of the early 13th century consisting of a hemispherical basin and a cylindrical pedestal, both plain [NB: this font is entered twice in Domeño: once erroneously under Sansomain (ibid., p. 176) and once correctly under Uzquita (ibid., p. 181-182)] [cf. Index entry for Uzquita No. 2 for a 16th-century holy-water stoup in this same church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

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?]