Lete No. 3 / Yarte

INFORMATION

FontID: 08647LET
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)
Church/Chapel: Iglesia del Monasterio de Yarte [in ruins]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Iza, SE of Pamplona
Font Location in Church: Under the choir of the abandoned church [ca. 1990]
Century and Period: 12th century (late), Romanesque
Church Notes: abandoned church -- in ruins
Font Notes:
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-, vol. V**: 105) as the basin of the original baptismal font of this church; the plain hemispherical basin is dated, like the church itself, to the second half of the 12th century.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one [basin only]
Font Shape: hemispheric
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?]