Artaiz No. 2

Results: 4 records

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BBU01: design element - motifs - groove

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

R01: design element - motifs - cavity - hemispheric - 4

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

view of church interior

Scene Description: on the south side of the doorway

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

view of stoup

Image Source: BSI - Photographed December 29, 2010

INFORMATION

FontID: 08871ART

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín

Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours

Country Name: Spain

Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra

Directions to Site: Located in the valley and municipality of Uncity, merindad de Sangüesa, about 13 km from Pamplona

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, right on the entrance steps, to the S side of the doorway

Century and Period: , Late Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

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]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: three

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

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