Ollacarizqueta / Ollakarizketa

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view of font and cover

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Image Source: Photograph [ca. 1943], Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga
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view of font

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Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
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symbol - cross - Greek - in a circle

Scene Description: several tiny ones
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Photograph [ca. 1943], Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)

design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal

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Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
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symbol - cross - Greek - pattée - in a circle

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Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
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design element - motifs - floral - 6-petal - in a hexagon

Scene Description: several
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Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pamplona, Spain)
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design element - motifs - geometric

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga (Pamplona, Spain), detail of a photograph [ca. 1943]
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New Testament - Passion of Christ - Crucifixion

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga (Pamplona, Spain), detail of a photograph [ca. 1943]
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symbol - tree - Tree of life

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga (Pamplona, Spain), detail of a photograph [ca. 1943]
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New Testament - Passion of Christ - Crucifixion - Mary?

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier, of Pamplona, Spain; detail of a photograph [ca. 1992]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)

symbol - star - 8-point - in a circle

Scene Description: or wheel?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier, of Pamplona, Spain; detail of a photograph [ca. 1992]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08030OLL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early), Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Basin of the fonts at Aldaba, Azoz, Echarri, Ubani and Urroz Villa, according to the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?, vol. V**: 75)
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Inmaculada
Font Location in Church: Located in the presbitery
Church Patron Saint(s): The Immaculate Conception of St. Mary
Church Notes: original church 13thC; much renovated now
Church Address: 31193 Ollacarizqueta, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-4100, in the municipality of Juslapeña, about 8 km NNW of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona y Tudela
Historical Region: Merindad de Pamplona, Cuenca de Pamplona
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. V**: 156 and pl. 145) and in Domeño (1992: 54, 167 an pl. 50): baptismal font of the early 13th century; the hemispherical basin is ornamented with slightly torsaded ribbed pattern all around except at the upper basin side of the front, where a band of hexagons and circles mix containing floral, star and cross motifs; at the extremes and in some of the small gaps between the motifs are tiny cross, star, bar motifs neatly carved. The octagonal pedestal has some (?) of the sides ornamented with a variety of motifs of which the following are visible: [L->R]: 1) a geometric motif similar to some of the ones found on the upper basin side; 2) Tree of life; 3-4) a sketchy Crucifixion with Christ on the cross in the left panel and Mary (?) on the right; the artist/artesan has crossed Christ's right foot over the left in this scene; 5) eight-point star. A flat wooden cover appears on the font in the ca. 1943 image source from the Archivo Uranga, but is no longer on the font in the ca. 1992 photograph
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana and to photographers Larrión & Pimoulier, all of Pamplona, Spain, for the images of this font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 606639 4748655

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: The lid is not displayed in the ca. 1992 source image but can be seen still on the basin in the ca. 1943 source image

REFERENCES

  • Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996, p. 81 fn51
  • Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, 54-55, 115, 167 and pl. 50
  • García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. V**: 156 and pl. 145