Zarranz / Zarrantz

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08548ZAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel de Zarranz
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: Calle Única, 13, 31869 Zarantz, Navarra, Spain -- Tel.: +34 948 22 50 42
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-4130, in the municipality of Imoz/Imotz, 28 km NNW of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Font Notes:
Descrbed in Domeño (1992: 184) as a medieval baptismal font consisting of a plain hemispherical basin raised on a prismatical pedestal base of chamfered angles and a square lower base [NB: no mention of this object found in the CMdeN entry for Zarranz (1990?-, vol. V**: 24-27), although it mentions a holy-water stoup in the S side on the nave, W end, near the door, inscribed with the name of the donor and the date 1808]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 599235 4755394
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.944722, -1.783611
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 56′ 41″ N, 1° 47′ 1″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three
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, p. 184