Beriain / Beriáin

INFORMATION

FontID: 08638BER

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín

Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours

Country Name: Spain

Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra

Directions to Site: Located in the Cendea and municipality of Galar, south of Pamplona

Font Location in Church: In a niche, under the choir

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

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-, vol. V*: 700): medieval baptismal font; large hemispherical basin raised on a cylindrical pedestal base and a two-volume lower base, all plain. [NB: the holy-water stoup on the south side, by the door, is dated to 1708 by an inscription and therefore not included in this Index].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: four?

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]