Aranarache No. 2 / Aranaratxe
Results: 1 records
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09914ARA
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Late Medieval
Cognate Fonts: a similar one in the Ermita de San Lorenzo, in the same town
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción de Aranarache
Font Location in Church: Reported outside the church ca. 1990
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumptiom of St. Mary
Church Address: Calle San Miguel, 35, 31271 Aranarache, Navarra, Spain -- Tel.: +34 948 54 38 62
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-7130, between Eulate (E) and Larraona (W), 72 km W of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Améscoa Alta, Merindad de Estella
Font Notes:
Click to view
The Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?..., vol. II*: 178) records two objects situated in the outside of this church, a baptismal font and a holy-water stoup; the font is described as a plain stone from a medieval date; the stoup is described as having a basin decorated with ribbed pattern [="avenerada"] and is dated to the 16th century [cf. Index entry for Aranarache No. 1 for the earlier font in the same church, and to Aranarache No. 3 for another similar stoup in the Ermita de San Lorenzo, in the same locality]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 563122 4736612
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.779444, -2.228333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 46′ 46″ N, 2° 13′ 42″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round
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?], vol. II*: 178