Zabalegui No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 08540ZAB

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora del Rosario

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Country Name: Spain

Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra

Directions to Site: Located in the valley and municipality of Elorz, Merindad de Sangüesa

Font Location in Church: Under the choir, N side

Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-, vol. IV*: 271) and in Domeño (1992: 184): medieval baptismal font of a general bucket-shape, with sides in three sections or volumes in the form of a graded chamfer. [cf. Index entry for Zabalegui No. 2 for a holy-water stoup, perhaps of the 16th or 17th century in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: bucket-shaped

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?]