Apricano / Aprícano / Aprikano

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Image and permission received from the authors via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 26 Jamuary 2023)

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view of font and cover

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view of font and cover - upper view

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view of church exterior - southwest end

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Asier Sarasua Garmendia, Assar, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 24 December 2017 by Asier Sarasua Garmendia, Assar [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aprikanoko_bolatokia_(Kuartango,_Araba).jpg] [accessed 3 February 2023]
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view of church exterior - east view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Aprikanoko eliza (Kuartango, Araba)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Asier Sarasua Garmendia, Assar, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 24 December 2017 by Asier Sarasua Garmendia, Assar [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aprikanoko_eliza_(Kuartango,_Araba).jpg] [accessed 3 February 2023]
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view of font and cover in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kike Lombardero & Silvia Lorez, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph January 2023 by Kike Lombardero & Silvia Lorenz
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the authors via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 26 Jamuary 2023)

INFORMATION

Font ID: 00309APR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia parroqquial de Santiago Apóstol [y Santa Cruz?] / Santiago eliza
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in an alcove of the N wall
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James [and Holy Cross?]
Church Notes: 12th-13thC church; modified 16thC ; restored in the 1960s
Church Address: Aprikano Entitatea, 16, 01439 Apricano / Aprikano, Alava, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-4347, W of the AP-68, in the municipality of Quartango / Kuartango, about 20 km W of Vitoria / Gasteiz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Añana
Font Notes:
The entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_APRIKANO.pdf] [accessed 25 June 2024] mentions no font in it. Baptismal font of stone consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a plain and short round base. Modern wooden cover, round, flat and plain; with handle.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Kike Lombardero and Silvia Lorez for their photographs of this font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 508524 4744351
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.85169, -2.89567
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 51′ 6.08″ N, 2° 53′ 44.41″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]