Zurucuain No. 4 / Zurucuáin / Montalban

INFORMATION

FontID: 13703ZUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia/Ermita de San Martín de Montalbán
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: The 'Señorío de Montalbán' is located in the valley of Yerri, off the A12, between the Alloz-Lorca exit and Arizala, about 40 km from Pamplona [the ermita is private property]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque? / Late Romanesque?
Font Notes:
The Encilopedia del románico en Navarra (2008) states that this font was removed from its source, the Ermita de San Martin de Montalban, in 1953 by the inhabitants of Villatuerta and carried to their parish church, Iglesia de la Asuncion, Villatuerta, where it was kept in the churchyard or garden [cf. Index entry for Villatuerta No. 2] until 2005; at the beginning of 2006, continues this source, it was mounted on on a wheeled metal base and taken into the chapel in the interior of the Iglesia de la Asuncion.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2008