Artaiz No. 2 / Artaitz / Artáiz
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BBU01: design element - motifs - groove
R01: design element - motifs - cavity - hemispheric - 4
view of church interior
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08871ART
Object Type: Stoup
Date Visited: 2010-12-29
Font Century and Period/Style: Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín de Artáiz
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, right on the entrance steps, to the S side of the doorway
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: Calle San Martín, 10, 31422 Artáiz, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-2400, in the valley and municipality of Uncity, about 23 km E of Pamplona, about 40 km W of Sangüesa
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV**: 470): holy-water stoup, perhaps medieval, consisting of an octagonal basin decorated with a single horizontal groove below the upper rim, raised on a octagonal [square with chamfered angles] pedestal base and a square lower base/plinth; the upper surface of the basin has four odd hemispherical cavities at the four angles of the front [cf. Index entry for Artaiz No. 1 for the medieval baptismal font of this church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 615582 4721348
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.748056, -1.469722
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 44′ 53″ N, 1° 28′ 11″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: no drainage system
REFERENCES
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. IV**: 470