Torralba del Rio No. 3 / Torralba del Río
Results: 2 records
B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
LB01: design element - motifs - quadrangular
INFORMATION
FontID: 08984TOR
Object Type: Stoup
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 off the NA-720, 10 km NNW of Torres del Río, in the Merindad de Estella
Font Location in Church: In the N side, by the chancel
Century and Period: 16th century
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II**: 522) as a 16th-century holy-water stoup consisting of a hemispherical basin decorated with ribbed pattern raised on a pedestal with quadrangular motifs. [cf. Index entries for Torralba del Rio No. 1 for the baptismal font in this church, and No. 2 for another holy-water stoup of the same period wall-mounted in the north side, by the chancel]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
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?]