Zarranz / Zarrantz

INFORMATION

FontID: 08548ZAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Imoz/Imotz, Merindad de Pamplona
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
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]

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