Otazu nr. Echauri

Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2006
Permission received
Results: 6 records
B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
LB01: design element - patterns - fluted
R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
view of church interior - detail
view of font
INFORMATION
FontID: 08043OTA
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-7015, in the Señorío de Otazu, near Echauri, 14-15 km W of Pamplona
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, under the choir
Century and Period: 16th century, Renaissance
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Javier Torrens and to Magdalena Aguinaga for their photographs of this font
Church Notes: late-Romanesque (13thC?) church; much modified since
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in the Catálogo monumental de Navarra (1990?) as a 16th-century baptismal font in the Renaissance style; the basin is hemispheric and ornamented with ribbed pattern, with upper mouldings; the stem of the base is cylindrical with fluted pattern, ending up in a capital shape; the square lower base has mouldings. Noted also in the Gran Enciclopedia Navarra (1990) and in the Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008)
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Gran enciclopedia Navarra (11 vols.), Pamplona: Caja de Ahorros de Navarra, 1990
Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2008
García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]