Arraiza No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 08720ARR
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 the same name, just south of Echauri, to which valley it belonged until the mid-19th century re-drawing of the municipal boundaries
Font Location in Church: In the S side
Century and Period: 17th century[base only] -- 18th century [basin only] [composite font], Baroque [composite]
Font Notes:
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-, vol. V**: 754) as a composite baptismal font consisting of a basin ornamented with arris and dated to the 18th century raised on a 17th-century pedestal base [cf. Index entry for Arraiza No. 2 for a 16th-century holy-water stoup in this same church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round [18th century]
Basin Exterior Shape: round (with arris) [18th century]

REFERENCES

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