Unzue No. 1 / Unzué
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LB01: design element - motifs - foliage
INFORMATION
FontID: 08756UNZ
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Millán
Church Patron Saints: St. Aemilian of Cogolla [aka Aemilianus, Emiliaus, Millán de la Cogolla]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located just off (E) the A-15, SE of Muruarte de Reta, about 20 km SSE of Pamplona, Merindad de Olite
Font Location in Church: In the transept chapel, S side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. III: 539) as a medieval baptismal font probably dated, as the church itself, to the late 12th century; it consists of a large hemispherical basin totally plain and raised on a cylindrical pedestal decorated with stylised foliage motif. [cf. Index entry for Unzue No. 2 for a medieval holy-water stoup in this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: two
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?]