Ollogoyen No. 1
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 1990-
Image Source: Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II**: pl. 370
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INFORMATION
FontID: 08416OLL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Metauten, Merindad de Estella
Font Location in Church: Under the choir
Century and Period: 13th century (early), Romanesque
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II**: 370 and pl. 370) as a baptismal font of the early 13th century; also described in Domeño (1992: 167, 169). The font consists of a plain hemispherical basin raised on a cylindrical pedestal base ornamented with a rope moulding at the centre ring; plain round plinth. [cf. Index entry for Ollogoyen No. 2 for a 16th-century holy-water stoup in the same church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: two
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?]