Obanos No. 1
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: around the upper rim of the basin
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design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: a row of, all around the underbowl
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 08398OBA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista [originally from the old church]
Font Location in Church: In the baptismal chapel, beneath the W gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: The old church was located where the cooperative now stands, toward the N area of town. The new church was built in 1912
Church Address: Pl. los Fueros, 31151 Obanos, Navarra, Spain -- Tel.: +34 948 34 41 54
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off th NA-6061, 2-3 km E of Puente la Reina, about 20 km SW of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Pamplona
Additional Comments: recycled font: moved from the old church to the new 19th century temple
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. V**: 342) and in Domeño (1992: 166-167): medieval baptismal font consisting of a hemispheric basin ornamented with ball motif [Domeño has it as plain] raised on a plain cylindrical base. The font is now in the 1912 church but originates in the old church that was replaced by the new one in 1912. Flat wooden cover with cross finial, modern.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Javier Torrens, of Pamplona, Spain, for the photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 599420 4725953
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.679626, -1.786543
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 40′ 46.66″ N, 1° 47′ 11.56″ W
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: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 166-167
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. V**: 342