Tiebas

INFORMATION

FontID: 08491TIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Eufemia
Church Patron Saints: St. Euphemia (?)
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located off the A-15, about 10 km SSE of Pamplona
Font Location in Church: In the S side
Century and Period: 13th century (late), Gothic
Font Notes:
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV**: 455) and in Domeño (1992: 178): medieval baptismal font of the same date as the original church [i.e., third quarter of the 13th century]; the basin is original and of octagonal shape; the CMdeN (ibid.) describes both the stem and the lower base as modern, whereas Domeño (ibid.) refers only to the stem as being modern.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
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?]