Tabar

INFORMATION

FontID: 08489TAB
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Urraúl Alto, Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Location in Church: Under the choir
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV**: 564) and in Domeño (1992: 177): octagonal basin [the CMdeN describes the underbowl as "troncopiramidal" whereas Domeño calls it "subcopa semiesférica"]; prismatic stem of the base and lower base of truncated pyramidal shape with a lower moulding [NB: this piece is included in Domeño's work on medieval fonts of Navarra, but neither she nor the CMdeN give a date for it -- the CMdeN (ibid., p. 562) dates the church itself to the 18th century built with parts of the old church, but it does not include font among them])

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

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?]