Rocaforte / Sangüesa la Vieja
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 October 2016 by Mikel Unanue
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view of basin - interior - drain
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: damage cause by the hardware of an earlier cover
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 October 2016 by Mikel Unanue
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 October 2016 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 19 July 2019)
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 October 2016 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 19 July 2019)
design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 October 2016 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 19 July 2019)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08870ROC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María de la Asunción
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, by the altar [formerly beneath the W gallery, S side]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: original church said to be 11thC; 12thC mural paintings discovered in this church in 2016; church modified 16th and 18thC
Church Address: 31409 Rocaforte, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-127, 1.5 km N of Sangüesa [NB: Rocaforte was known also as 'Sangüesa la Vieja']
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Sangüesa
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original 11thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-, vol. IV**: 429): baptismal font consisting of a plain hemispherical basin raised on a prismatic pedestal base decorated with a moulding. The font is now [October 2016] painted on the outside. There is damage to the upper rim from an old cover hardware.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 640392 4716891
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. IV**: 429