Olivan No. 1 / Oliván
Image copyright © Jaime Zabalozuazola Alustiza, 2019
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 December 2019)
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view of church exterior - south portal
view of church exterior in context - northeast view
view of church interior - ceiling - painting
view of church interior - chancel and east end
view of church interior - looking east
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16823OLI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: Calle Única, 13, 22636 Oliván, Huesca, Spain
Site Location: Huesca, Aragón, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located W of the N-260 and the Gállego river, 9 km S of Biescas
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Barbastro-Monzón
Historical Region: Serrablo / Alto Gállego
Additional Comments: damaged font
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin, plain and somewhat irregular, with considerable damage to the upper rim, especially the side against the corner; raised on a plain cylindrical stem; the basdin upper rim appears to have the remains of a metal staple in the upper rim; one of the sides of the basin has a vertical cut a few inches wide; not known what its purpose may have been. The font is located against a corner of the nave, at the west end. [cf. Index entry for Olivan No. 2 for a stoup near the doorway of this church] [NB: the original Mozarabic church is said to date from the 10th century, but we have no information on its font]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue and to Jaime Zabalozuazola Alustiza for ther photographs of church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 721399 4717238
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.5758, -0.3023
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 34′ 32.88″ N, 0° 18′ 8.28″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]