Usun No. 1 / Usún
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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: several on the square base
INFORMATION
FontID: 08520USU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Saturnino
Church Patron Saints: St. Saturninus
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the valley and municipality of Romanzado, Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Location in Church: In the baptismal chapel, N side of the nave
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-, vol. IV**: 294) and in Domeño (1992: 181); medieval baptismal font consisting of a square basin of chamfered corners raised on a quadrangular base with several mouldings; plain square lower base/plinth. [cf. Index entry for Usun No. 2 for a holy-water stoup of the same period in this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: square (mounted) [chamfered angles]
Basin Exterior Shape: square [chamfered angles]
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?]