Otinano No. 1 / Otiñano

INFORMATION

FontID: 08451OTI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Otiñano, Navarra, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located off road NA-7410, in the municipality and 4-5 km NE of Torralba del Río, Merindad de Estella, 75 km from Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Pamplona
Font Location in Church: In the baptismal chapel, inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: Romanesque-style church; modified 16th-17thC
Font Notes:
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II**: 518) and in Domeño (1992: 172): medieval baptismal font [the CMdeN (ibid) has it as Romanesque]; hemispherical basin raised on a cylindrical pedestal base, both plain. No entry found in the Enciclopedia del romanico... [cf. Index entry for Otiñano No. 2 for a holy-water stoup of the 16th century in this church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.626667, -2.2975
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 37′ 36″ N, 2° 17′ 51″ W
UTM: 30T 557605 4719597

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?]