Olite No. 1
Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana, and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - motifs - rope
Scene Description: around the upper rim
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana, and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - motifs - rope
Scene Description: around the lower rim of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana, and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - patterns - fluted - diagonal
Scene Description: all around the basin sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana, and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - motifs - rope
Scene Description: around the bottom rim of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana, and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - patterns - fluted - diagonal
Scene Description: all around the side of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana, and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 06485OLI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María la Real de Olite
Font Location in Church: In side, in the S south side of the nave, at the crossing
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Pl. Carlos III El Noble, 1, 31390 Olite, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-5303, about 40 km S of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Font Notes:
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Described in Díez y Díaz (1984: 176ff) where it is dated to the 16th century as a replacement of an earlier damaged font; described and illustrated in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. III: 286) and in Domeño (1992: 167 and pl. 17): a large baptismal font of the 16th century that substituted the earlier one by episcopal decree; it is a Gothic piece, monolithic but with two volumes, both shaped like upturned truncated cones; there are rope moulding motifs at the upper and lower rims and at the centre where the two volumes meet; the rest of the outer surface of the basin sides is covered in diagonal fluting, top and bottom volumes pointing in different directions. Domeño (1992: 118 fn13) argues that the ornamentation on this font do not correspond to the ones common in the 16th century, and suggests that it may have been a Romanesque font from elsewhere acquired in this occasion to replace the old font.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana, and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier, of Pamplona, Spain, for the image of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 610957 4704142
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.481686, -1.650011
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 28′ 54.07″ N, 1° 39′ 0.04″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 35-36, 44, 118 fn13, 167 and pl. 17
- Díez y Díaz, A., Olite, historia de un reino, 1984, p. 176
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. III: 286