Sesma No. 3
INFORMATION
FontID: 08979SES
Object Type: Stoup
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 S side, by the [present] door
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century, Baroque
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II**: 485) as a Baroque holy-water stoup located by the entrance to the church, in the south side of the nave. 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 and 2 for a pair of stoups of about the same period located by the old 14th-century door]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]