Sesma No. 2

Results: 5 records

B01: angel - cherub

Scene Description: several

B02: animal - bird - dove

Scene Description: several

LB01: human figure - grotesque or fantastic - head - mascaron

Scene Description: several

LB02: design element - motifs - fruit

LBF01: human figure - putto - atlante

Scene Description: several?

INFORMATION

FontID: 08978SES
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located 25 km S of Estella
Font Location in Church: In the N side, W end, to the left of the old 14th-century door
Century and Period: 17th century(late), Baroque
Cognate Fonts: A similar one on the right side
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II**: 480) as one of two holy-water stoups of the late 17th century, in the Baroque style, located at either side of the 14th-century door. They consist of a quatrefoil basin decorated with cherubs and doves and raised on a base of putti (?) in the atlante position alternating with masks [mascaron] surrounded by fruit motifs. The original church dates to the 13th century and, as Domeño (1992: 111) indicates, a medieval baptismal font must have existed but there is no trace of it now. [NB: the CMdeN (ibid., p. 485) describes a baptismal font of the 19th century made of jasper -- it is not included in this Index on account of the late date] [cf. Index entry for Sesma No. 1 for the other similar stoup in this church and Sesma No. 3 for another such by the later door]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: quatrefoil (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: quatrefoil
Basin Exterior Shape: qautrefoil

REFERENCES

Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992
García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]