Zuazu de Araquil / Zuhatzu

Described and illustrated in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. V*: 184-185 and pl. 179); described in Domeño (1992: 185): baptismal font of the 16th century -although the capital that constitutes the top of the base is described as medieval; the large basin is hemispherical and ornamented with a pattern of broad ribs, while the inner surface of the well has corresponding concave pattern to the outer ribs; the base is made up of three elements, all octagonal: the upper part is the capital mentioned above, octagonal and decorated with foliage motifs at the angles; the middle part, the stem, has two thin roll moulding; the lower base is rounded at the top and angular at the bottom, always retaining the octagonal shape. [We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana, Pamplona, Spain, for the image of this font]