Olite No. 3
Image copyright © Andrés Ortega, 2004
Image and permission received [e-mail of Oct. 15, 2002]
Results: 3 records
design element - patterns - fluted
Scene Description: all around
design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: all around
view of font
Scene Description: 19th century font [not listed]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Ortega, 2004
Image Source: Andrés Ortega [www.romanicoennavarra.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received [e-mail of Oct. 15, 2002]
INFORMATION
FontID: 06487OLI
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located about 40 km S of Pamplona down the A15
Font Location in Church: In the W end, by the main door
Century and Period: 17th century,
Cognate Fonts: Another such on the opposite side of the nave
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. III: 273) as the first of two 17th century holy-water stoups with ribbed pattern around the basin exterior; the base has vertical fluting and is raised on a prismatic lower base. [NB: the baptismal font of this church is dated to ca. 1850 [cf. Image area]]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
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?]