Otano / Otao
Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
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BBU01: design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: a row
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)
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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: 08448OTA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Ascensión de Otano
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Ascension of Christ
Church Address: 31470 Otano / Otao, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-234, about 20 km SSE of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV*: 265 and fig. 169); described in Domeño (1992: 171): medieval baptismal font of the 12th century; cylindrical basin ornamented with ball motif; tall chamfered underbowl; short cylindrical pedestal base, plain. Our ca. 1943 source image shows a plain flat wooden lid on the basin [NB: Domeño lists the church as 'Parroquia de la Asunción'; the CMdeN has it as 'Parroquia de la Ascensión'] [We are grateful to the Institución Príncipe de Viana, Archivo Uranga, of Pamplona, Spain, for the image of this font]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 617240 4730021
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.713747, -1.568256
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 42′ 49.49″ N, 1° 34′ 5.72″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: plain and flat
REFERENCES
- Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 42, 171
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. IV*: 264 and fig. 169