Olaverri / Olaberri

INFORMATION

FontID: 08401OLA

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Juan Bautista

Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist

Country Name: Spain

Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra

Directions to Site: [abandoned village] Located in the municipality of Lónguida, NW of Aoiz/Aoitz, Merindad de Sangüesa

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV**: 147) and in Domeño (1992: 167): medieval baptismal font consisting of a hemispheric basin raised on a cylindrical base and a circular lower base, all plain.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: three

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992

García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]