Santesteban No. 1 / Doneztebe
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P01: design element - motifs - ball - 4
Scene Description: one at each angle
INFORMATION
FontID: 08703SAN
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located south of Sumbilla, west of Bertiz-Arana, Merindad de Pamplona
Font Location in Church: In the S side of the nave, W end
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-, vol. V**: 583): Romanesque baptismal font consisting of a hemispherical basin raised on a cylindrical pedestal base, both plain; the two are mounted on a square plinth/lower base decorated with ball motif at the angles [NB: the CMdeN does not explain the presence of a Romanesque font in a church dated to the late 16th century with no mention made of an earlier church on this site] [cf. Index entry for Santesteban No. 2 for a 16th-century holy-water stoup in this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: three
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?]