Oricain / Oricáin / Orikain
Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Photograph [ca. 1943], Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
LB01: design element - motifs - ball - 4
Scene Description: one at each angle of the lower volume of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image Source: Photograph [ca. 1943], Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08431ORI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santiago de Oricáin
Font Location in Church: Inside, beneath the W gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Notes: [NB: Domeño's catalogue entry lists the temple as "Parroquia de San Pedro"]
Church Address: Calle Santiago Apóstol, 1, 31194 Oricáin / Orikain, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Ezcabarte, 5 km NNE of Pamplona city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Pamplona
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. V*: 668) and in Domeño (1992: 169): baptismal font of the Romanesque period; cylindrical basin ornamented with blind arcade of round arches around the sides; plain cylindrical stem of the base; lower base has a roll moulding with ball motif at the angles raised on a quadrangular lower volume. [We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga, of Pamplona, Spain, for the image of this font]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 612556 4745062
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.849859, -1.622444
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 50′ 59.49″ N, 1° 37′ 20.8″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, 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, p. 62, 169
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. V*: 668