Otano
Image copyright © Institución Príncipe de Viana, 2003
Image and permission received (file letter of June 2001)
Results: 2 records
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
FontID: 08448OTA
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Ascensión
Church Patron Saints: The Ascension of Christ
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Elorz, Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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]
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
García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]