Oteiza de la Solana

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R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
INFORMATION
FontID: 08450OTE
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located in the Merindad de Estella
Font Location in Church: In the N side
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?); also described in Domeño (1992): medieval baptismal font from the original church; hemispherical basin plain except for a roll moulding around the upper side; short cylindrical base on a circular lower base, both plain. Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra (2008) as one of a series of plain medieval fonts in Navarra at Muniain de Guesalaz, Arroniz, Learza, Oteiza, Echavarri, Azuelo, Etayo, Ubago, Mues, Cabrega, Murieta, Piedramillera and Villamayor de Monjardin, in the Estella region, as well as those in the valleys of Oloriz, , Garinoain and Muruzabal de Andion, as plain medieval fonts in the area.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: three?
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
Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Navarra, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2008
García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]