Nardues-Aldunate / Nardués-Aldunate

INFORMATION

FontID: 08876NAR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista (Nueva) [orig. from the old church, also dedicated to St. John]

Church Patron Saints: St. John

Country Name: Spain

Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra

Directions to Site: This abandoned village, not to be mistaken with nearby Aldunate, is located in the municipality of Urraúl Bajo, merindad de Sangüesa

Font Location in Church: In the new parish church

Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV**: 550): medieval baptismal font with a plain basin originally from the abandoned old Romanesque church; the font is now [ca. 1992] in the new parish church located in a lock-up in this village.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: hemispheric

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?]