Otazu nr. Echauri
Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2006
Permission received
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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Javier Torrens in August 2006
Copyright Instructions: Permission received
LB01: design element - patterns - fluted
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Javier Torrens in August 2006
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R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Javier Torrens in August 2006
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Javier Torrens in August 2006
Copyright Instructions: Permission received
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Magdalena Aguinaga, 2002
Image Source: colour photograph taken by Magdalena Aguinaga in 2002
Copyright Instructions: Photograph and permission received (letter in BSI print file)
view of church interior - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Magdalena Aguinaga, 2002
Image Source: colour photograph taken by Magdalena Aguinaga in 2002
Copyright Instructions: Photograph and permission received (letter in BSI print file)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08043OTA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban
Font Location in Church: Inside, beneath the W gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Notes: late-Romanesque (13thC?) church; much modified since
Church Address: Señorío de Otazu, s 31174, 31174 Otazu, Navarra, Spain -- Tel.: +34 948 32 92 00
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-7015, in the Señorío de Otazu, near Echauri, 8 km W of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Vuenca y Merdindad de Pamplona
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval [13thC?] church here)
Font Notes:
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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)
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Javier Torrens and to Magdalena Aguinaga for their photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 598946 4737649
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.785, -1.790278
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 47′ 6″ N, 1° 47′ 25″ W
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, vol. 8: 376
- Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2008, vol. 2: 1017
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. V*: 600