Urra

INFORMATION

FontID: 08513URR

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción

Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary

Country Name: Spain

Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra

Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Améscoa Baja, Merindad de Estella

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, N side

Date: ca. 1200?

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-, vol. II*: 151) and in Domeño (1992: 180-181): medieval baptismal font from ca. 1200 consisting of a hemispherical basin raised on a cylindrical pedestal base, both plain.

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?]