Ollobarren
Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image by Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pampona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image by Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pampona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - motifs - rope moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image by Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pampona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
view of church exterior - capital
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ollobarren" -- possibly from the original 12th-13thC church?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Patxi Txokarro, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 10 September 2021 by Patxi Txokarro [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ollobarren_2021.jpg] [accessed 28 January 2025]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior in context - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ollobarren en el municipio de Metauten. Detrás, la Sierra de Lokiz. Navarra, España"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Basotxerri, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 2 April 2017 by Basotxerri [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Metauten_-_Ollobarren_01.jpg] [accessed 28 January 2025]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
human figure - head - 4
Scene Description: one at each angle of the upper volume of the base oulier
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image by Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pampona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
human figure - head - 4
Scene Description: one on each side, between the corner heads.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image by Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pampona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: digital image by Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier (Pampona, Spain)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08414OLL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Late Medieval
Cognate Fonts: The font at Metauten, in the same municipality, especially the base; also the base at Ganuza
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción de Ollobarren
Font Location in Church: In the N side, under the choir
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: 12th-13thC church; re-built 16thC
Church Address: Calle Mayor, 31241 Ollobarren, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road NA-7310, in the municipality of Metauten, 56 km WSW of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Estella
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original Romanesque church here)
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II**: 367); described and ilustrated in Domeño (1992: 167 and pl. 188): medieval baptismal font; hemispherical basin decorated with a thick roll moulding on the side followed by a rope moulding below; the inside well of the basin has been divided at a later date creating two halves: one has the original depth and hemispherical shape; the other has been filled and now has three smaller receptacles for the holy oils, etc.; there is one iron staple still in the upper rim from the old cover hardware. The base is capital-shaped -quadrangular at the top and cylindrical at the bottom; the upper volume is ornamented with human heads at the corners, plus a human face on each side between the corner heads; the lower cylindrical volume is thinner and plain except for a roll moulding about half-way down [NB: there may be a lower base buried under the boards of the raised church floor].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana and photographers Larrión & Pimoulier, of Pampona, Spain, for the image of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 571081 4725840
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.6875, -2.134167
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 41′ 15″ N, 2° 8′ 3″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: cf. Font Notes
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Notes: one iron staple from the old cover hardware still visible in the upper rim
REFERENCES
- Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 74, 112, 167 and pl. 188
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. II**: 367