Olleta No. 1

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design element - patterns - fluted
design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal
view of basin
view of basin - interior
view of church exterior
view of church interior - baptistery
view of font
INFORMATION
FontID: 00475OLL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora [aka Nuestra Señora de la Asunción]
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: 31494 Olleta, Navarra, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located on the NA51110, 10 km E of Pueyo, 57 km S of Pamplona, in the municipality of Leoz
Historical Region: Valdorba
Font Location in Church: In the baptismal chapel, S side
Century and Period: 13th - 16th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: [We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana, Pamplona, Spain, for the photographs by Larrión y Pimoulier; to Montserrat Estela, Barcelona, Spain, to Mikel Unanue and to Antonio García Omedes, of www.arquivoltas.com, for their additional images of this font
Church Notes: medieval church probably linked to the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem; modified 16th and 17thC; restored 1956
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in Domeño (1992) as a medieval baptismal font; the large basin is roughly hemispheric and is ornamented with fluted pattern all around its sides; the underbowl is plain; the cylindrical shaft is ornamented with fluted pattern as well. Illustrated in García Omedes [www.arquivoltas.com/6-navarra/olleta1.htm] [accessed 18 April 2014]. The entry for this church in the Enciclopedia de romanico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/navarra_OLLETA.pdf] [accessed 2 Match 2023] mentions no font in it. [cf. Index entry for Olleta No. 2 for the interesting holy-water stoup in this church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 619789 4715775
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat wooden lid; modern
REFERENCES
Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992