Rocaforte / Sangüesa la Vieja

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design element - motifs - moulding

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: damage cause by the hardware of an earlier cover

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view of basin - interior - drain

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 October 2016 by Mikel Unanue

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view of font

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view of font in context

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 October 2016 by Mikel Unanue

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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)

INFORMATION

FontID: 08870ROC
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: 31409 Rocaforte, Navarra, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
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: Diocesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, by the altar [formerly beneath the W gallery, S side]
Century and Period: 16th century, Renaissance
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this font
Church Notes: original church said to be 11thC; 12thC mural paintings discovered in this church in 2016; church modified 16th and 18thC
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.

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 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?]